US EditionUS Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise 2.4% in 2025 Driven by Coal and Data Centers
U.S. emissions rose 2.4% in 2025, driven by a cold winter increasing heating demand and a surge in electricity use from data centers and cryptocurrency mining, Rhodium Group reported.
- On Tuesday, the Rhodium Group reported United States greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4% in 2025 to about 5.9 billion tons CO2e, 139 million tons more than 2024.
- Higher natural gas prices and rebounding coal generation created a 13% rise in coal use last year, driven by a cold winter plus surging data-center demand and cryptocurrency mining.
- Solar power surged, with generation up 34% and zero-carbon energy sources now supplying 42% of U.S. power, while buildings sector emissions rose 56 million metric tons, or 6.8%, due to heating.
- Rhodium authors warned that stopping some climate data collection will hinder future tracking and said rollbacks by President Donald Trump's administration hadn’t affected 2025 emissions yet.
- Emissions rose more than gross domestic product, reversing recent decoupling, and if data center demand keeps surging, the grid may rely more on fossil generators in the coming year.
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US carbon pollution rose in 2025
WASHINGTON — In a reversal from previous years' pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated in a study released Tuesday.
Given the policies of the Donald Trump Administration regarding the refusal to support renewable energies, it is expected that the percentage will increase
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Back on the Rise in 2025 After Two Years of Declines
The bad news for the global climate is that US greenhouse gas emissions were up 2.4 percent in 2025 after they had declined the two previous years. The worse news is that the new figure does not yet reflect the anti-climate policies put in place by the Trump administration and the Republican Congress. It would be one thing if the increase corresponded to a boom in industrial output, i.e., if a surging manufacturing sector used more energy, which…
They have increased by 2.4 per cent last year, while since peak emissions in 2007 they have fallen by an average of 1 per cent per year.
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