US industrial source CO2 emissions decline again in 2015

Greenhouse gas emissions in 2015 from large industrial sources – accounting for half of the nation’s total carbon pollution – declined 4.9% from the previous year and were 8.2% lower than 2011, according to federal Environmental Protection Agency data.

Miner holds coal in Welch, West Virginia
Miner holds coal in Welch, West Virginia
Published 5 October 2016, 20:26Updated 5 October 2016, 20:26