This statistic displays the volume of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States based on fossil fuel and industrial purposes from 1990 to 2018. In 2018, emissions related to fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the United States reached some 5.28 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in megatons)*
* Numbers have been rounded. Emission totals of fossil fuel use and industrial processes (cement production, carbonate use of limestone and dolomite, non-energy use of fossil fuels and other combustion). Short-cycle and large-scale biomass burning are excluded.
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European Commission (EDGAR), & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. (October 31, 2019). Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in megatons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/486089/co2-emissions-united-states-fossil-fuel-and-industrial-purposes/
European Commission (EDGAR), und PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. "Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in megatons)*." Chart. October 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/486089/co2-emissions-united-states-fossil-fuel-and-industrial-purposes/
European Commission (EDGAR), PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. (2019). Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in megatons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/486089/co2-emissions-united-states-fossil-fuel-and-industrial-purposes/
European Commission (EDGAR), and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel and Industrial Purposes in The U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in Megatons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/486089/co2-emissions-united-states-fossil-fuel-and-industrial-purposes/
European Commission (EDGAR) & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and industrial purposes in the U.S. from 1990 to 2018 (in megatons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/486089/co2-emissions-united-states-fossil-fuel-and-industrial-purposes/ (last visited February 20, 2020)
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