U.S. Carbon Emissions Spiked in 2018, Even as Coal Plants Closed
At a Glance Carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in the U.S. in 2018.Greater demand for electricity, trucking and air travel contributed to the spike.Transportation is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. After three years of declines, carbon dioxide emissions in the United States spiked 3.4 percent in 2018 — the second largest increase in two decades. The spike came even as , according to preliminary estimates from the Rhodium Group, an independent energy and...