flight cancellations throughout the year.
Domestic commercial aircrafts in the United States released 120 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021. This represented an increase of roughly 30 percent in comparison to the previous year, when aviation emissions dropped due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which caused thousands of Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (April 13, 2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aviation in The United States from 1990 to 2021, by Type (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/
Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by type (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, April 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120509/us-aviation-ghg-emissions/