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U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to decline nearly 6 percent in 2009
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A weak economy and warmer weather will help bring down U.S CO2 emissions almost six percent in 2009, the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday. The report, “Understanding the Decline in Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2009,” estimates that declining energy consumption, a switch from coal to natural gas in electric power generation, and an increased use of renewables will put carbon dioxide emissions 5.9 percent below the 2008 level.
“Seventy percent of the expected decline – an estimated 242 million metric tons – is from reduced coal and natural gas use in industry and buildings, substitution of natural gas for coal in electric power, and an increase in carbon free electricity”, said EIA Administrator Richard Newell. “The remaining 30 percent is due to reduced consumption of jet fuel and distillate fuel oil, including diesel fuel and heating oil”.
The financial and economic crisis seems to have had a worldwide impact on carbon dioxide emissions. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said today in Bangkok, that it estimated CO2 emissions to fall as much as 3 percent in 2009, the steepest decline in 40 years and something that would lead to emissions in 2020 being 5 percent lower even in the absence of additional policies.
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