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Yeah, this is a new development: > United States emissions are expected to rise 2.5 percent this year after several years of declines > “We thought oil use ha
by cbkeller 8y ago
Yeah, this is a new development:
> United States emissions are expected to rise 2.5 percent this year after several years of declines
> “We thought oil use had peaked in the U.S. and Europe 15 years ago,” he said. “The cheap gasoline prices, bigger cars and people driving more miles are boosting oil use at rates that none of us expected.”
- cronix 8y agoThat's the result, and we can probably see the cause here with the number of environmental rollbacks we've had. Read them, especially the ones related to oil/coal. I'm sure there will be even more to come now that Andrew Wheeler is the new head of the EPA (a former coal lobbyist): http://environment.law.harvard.edu/policy-initiative/regulatory-rollback-tracker/ http://environment.law.harvard.edu/policy-initiative/regulat...
- cbkeller 8y agoPretty scary that it seems to have happened this fast!