Recession drives record drop in emissions, but government agency insists cuts in energy and carbon intensity also made a sizeable contribution
Carbon emissions in the US dropped by seven per cent in 2009, representing the biggest fall since records began in 1949. The data, released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), indicates...
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