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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The total CO2 emissions of the US, even adjusted for trade, are going down since 2007-2008.

Also the only other period when the CO2 emissions of the US went down was after 1929 and 1975.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep, but it's caused by shifting off of coal for electric generation, substituting gas and to a lesser extent, renewables.

We still need to adequately tackle the rest of the places fossil fuels are used