Over the past decade, the U.S. has decreased annual carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 800 million tons. Via Forbes:
In the previous article, I discussed the relentless upward march of global carbon dioxide emissions. According to data from the 2018 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, the world reached a new all-time high for global carbon dioxide emissions in 2017.
Today, I want to discussion trends and relative contributions from the world’s most significant carbon dioxide emitters.
Since 1965, no country has put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the United States. The 264 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide the U.S. has emitted to the atmosphere represented 22.5% of global emissions during that time, and was well ahead of the cumulative 216 billion metric tons from the European Union (EU). In second place among countries was the 188 billion metric tons emitted by China.
But as China has industrialized — with a heavy reliance on coal-fired power — Chinese emissions have rocketed past both those of the U.S. and the EU
Via Forbes