‘American Carbon’ Enters World Economy and Atmosphere at Fastest Pace Ever

While U.S. carbon emissions have dropped somewhat in recent years — thanks to energy efficiency, renewables, the recession, and shale gas — America’s contribution to the global problem of ever-rising carbon production and consumption grows unabated.

Whatever benefit the shale-gas revolution has had in reducing US emissions — a benefit that would appear to be seriously vitiated by huge methane leaks according to yet another major NOAA study — it has also been vitiated by our continued coal extraction for export.

‘American Carbon’ Enters World Economy and Atmosphere at Fastest Pace Ever