US Government Sponsored Organization Admits Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Falling
Bad Economy, Good Environment: Slump Helps U.S. Cut Emissions
<< By Keith Johnson / April 6, 2009 / WSJ
Stephen Power reports:
The economic downturn may be complicating President Obama’s hopes of passing climate change legislation, but it appears to be doing wonders for efforts to cut U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions.
A report issued Monday by the Washington-based Environmental Integrity Project says that because of the recent economic slowdown and milder-than-usual weather, carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants dropped 3.1 percent in 2008, a departure from the recent trends in power plant carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen 0.9 percent since 2003, and 4.5 percent since 1998, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The summary of the report itself:
The Calm Before The Storm?
<< Due in part to the recent economic slowdown and milder-than-usual weather, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from U.S. power plants dropped approximately 3 percent in 2008, tempering a steady increasing trend in the preceding years, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). EIP officials cautioned that the one-year dip is a departure from the recent trends in power plant carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen nearly 1 percent since 2003, and 4.7 percent since 1998, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Despite the slight overall national improvement in CO2 emissions, six states had increases in power plant emissions of 1 million tons or more from 2007 to 2008: Oklahoma (3.1 million); Iowa (1.8 million); Texas (1.7 million); Nebraska (1.3 million); Illinois (1.1 million) and Washington (1.1 million). >>
HA! "cautioned that the one-year dip is a departure from the recent trends"
ZOMG! how funny. Those are the recent trends my dear. The economy has only recently started to tank.
"Oh but the economy will recover and reverse all of this..." Right, sure.
The entire report as PDF:
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM? -- EPA Data Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down Slightly, But we expect the impossible to happen i.e. economy recovery despite trends like this:
and that will reverse the downturn in emissions that we are now begrudgingly forced to admit are real.
<< By Keith Johnson / April 6, 2009 / WSJ
Stephen Power reports:
The economic downturn may be complicating President Obama’s hopes of passing climate change legislation, but it appears to be doing wonders for efforts to cut U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions.
A report issued Monday by the Washington-based Environmental Integrity Project says that because of the recent economic slowdown and milder-than-usual weather, carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants dropped 3.1 percent in 2008, a departure from the recent trends in power plant carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen 0.9 percent since 2003, and 4.5 percent since 1998, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency.
... snip ... >>
The summary of the report itself:
The Calm Before The Storm?
<< Due in part to the recent economic slowdown and milder-than-usual weather, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from U.S. power plants dropped approximately 3 percent in 2008, tempering a steady increasing trend in the preceding years, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). EIP officials cautioned that the one-year dip is a departure from the recent trends in power plant carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen nearly 1 percent since 2003, and 4.7 percent since 1998, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Despite the slight overall national improvement in CO2 emissions, six states had increases in power plant emissions of 1 million tons or more from 2007 to 2008: Oklahoma (3.1 million); Iowa (1.8 million); Texas (1.7 million); Nebraska (1.3 million); Illinois (1.1 million) and Washington (1.1 million). >>
HA! "cautioned that the one-year dip is a departure from the recent trends"
ZOMG! how funny. Those are the recent trends my dear. The economy has only recently started to tank.
"Oh but the economy will recover and reverse all of this..." Right, sure.
The entire report as PDF:
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM? -- EPA Data Shows Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down Slightly, But we expect the impossible to happen i.e. economy recovery despite trends like this:
and that will reverse the downturn in emissions that we are now begrudgingly forced to admit are real.