per capita emissions in the U.S. plummeted as a result of COVID-19-related lockdowns. Although per capita emissions are expected to rise to some 14.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022, projections show that by 2050 they will have fallen to 12.6 metric tons.
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita in the United States were 14.5 metric tons in 2021. This was an increase from 2020, when U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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EIA. (March 3, 2022). U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/
EIA. "U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. March 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/
EIA. (2022). U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/
EIA. "U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Capita from 2021 to 2050 (in Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/
EIA, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/ (last visited January 28, 2023)
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 2021 to 2050 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], EIA, March 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193174/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person-since-2009/