Economy-Wide GHG Emissions Flatline in 2024, Threatening GHG Goals

January 9, 2025
New analysis from the research firm Rhodium Group shows economy-wide U.S. greenhouse gas emissions last year effectively flatlined, highlighting the continuing gap between emissions cuts and climate goals, as well as rising transportation emissions and power demand. The preliminary findings that GHGs dropped by only 0.2 percent from 2023 levels come as the incoming Trump administration is expected to deprioritize emission reduction efforts, and as experts are questioning how big of a role renewables will have in mitigating emissions due...


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