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As of 2021, the United States had emitted a cumulative total of 422 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) from fossil fuels and industry. This accounts for roughly a quarter of historical global emissions, and makes the U.S. the Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
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OWID. (November 11, 2022). Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/
OWID. "Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. November 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/
OWID. (2022). Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/
OWID. "Cumulative Carbon Dioxide Emissions Produced in The United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/
OWID, Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions produced in the United States in from 1800 to 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], OWID, November 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224630/cumulative-co2-emissions-united-states-historical/