U.S. electric power industry is the second-largest carbon polluter in the country.
Reported direct emissions from power plant facilities in the United States totaled 1.49 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2020. U.S. power plant emissions have reduced by more than 30 percent since 2011, when they totaled 2.2 GtCO2e. The Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (August 7, 2021). Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. August 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Released by Power Plants in The United States from 2011 to 2020 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions released by power plants in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, August 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/615953/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-power-plants-in-the-us/