transportation emissions fell 273 million metric tons below 2019 levels. Industry also saw considerable reduction when compared to the previous year.
Due to restrictions caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, many sectors in the United States saw significant reductions in carbon emissions. With non-essential travel prohibited throughout the year, Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent)
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Rhodium Group. (January 12, 2021). Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/
Rhodium Group. "Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent)." Chart. January 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/
Rhodium Group. (2021). Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/
Rhodium Group. "Year-on-year Change in Net Ghg Emissions in The United States from 2018 to 2020, by Sector (in Million Metric Tons of Co2 Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/
Rhodium Group, Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Year-on-year change in net GHG emissions in the United States from 2018 to 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent) [Graph], Rhodium Group, January 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196643/annual-change-sector-carbon-dioxide-emissions-us/