Fwd: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 10 percent in 2020, reaching their lowest levels in three decades as the coronavirus slowed the economy.

[Mark Thibodeau]

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Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:21 AM
Subject: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 10 percent in 2020,
reaching their lowest levels in three decades as the coronavirus slowed the
economy.
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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 10 percent in 2020, reaching
their lowest levels in three decades as the coronavirus slowed the economy.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 6:13 AM EST

The estimate published Tuesday by the Rhodium Group warned that the steep
drop was the result of extraordinary circumstances. Experts said that the
country still faced enormous challenges in getting its planet-warming
pollution under control.

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