U.S. Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed in 2018! | Watts Up With That?

U.S. Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed in 2018! | Watts Up With That?
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U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed

By Brad Plumer--Jan. 8, 2019

WASHINGTON — America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years, according to a preliminary estimate published Tuesday.[…]

Under the Paris climate agreement, the United States vowed to cut emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. The Rhodium Group report warns that this target now looks nearly unattainable…[…]New York Times

No schist Sherlock.  The United States didn’t vow to cut anything.  Barack Hussein Obama unilaterally vowed “to cut emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.”  President Trump submitted our withdrawal notice… So Obama’s vow was already unattainable before U.S. carbon emissions spiked last year.

Why did carbon emissions increase in 2018?

• A booming economy.  GDP growth during the first 2 years of the Trump administration has been about 50% higher than that of Obama’s eight-year maladministration.
• Our manufacturing sector is booming.
• A cold winter.
• A booming economy drove up trucking and air travel.
• Electricity demand increased and most of the increasing was powered by natural gas because renewables couldn’t even keep up with no growth.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/economy-firing-cylinders/

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