U.S. Sees Overall GHG Reduction For First Time Since Covid-19 Pandemic

The United States for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic saw a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions while the economy expanded, with preliminary analysis of 2023 data by the research firm Rhodium Group finding economy-wide emissions were down 1.9 percent from the prior year in large part from reduced coal generation. “A decline in economy-wide emissions is a step in the right direction, but that rate of decline needs to more than triple and sustain at that level every...