July 10, 2002—US energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by 1.1 percent in 2001, according to preliminary estimates released today by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The decrease is the first since 1991. US energy-related CO2 emissions have averaged 1.2 percent annual growth since 1990.
EIA attributes the decline to a reduction in overall economic growth from 4.1 percent in 2000 to 1.2 percent in 2001; a 4.4-percent reduction in manufacturing output that lowered industrial emissions; warmer winter weather that decreased the demand for heating fuels; and a drop in electricity demand and coal-fired power generation that reduced emissions growth from electricity generation.
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