Carbon emissions increased by 3.4% in 2018 marking the second largest annual gain in more than two decades, according to preliminary power generation data analyzed by the Rhodium Group, an independent economic policy research provider.
This follows a Global Carbon Project report in December that said global carbon emissions were estimated to rise by 2.7% for all 2018.
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The new research indicated that US power sector emissions as a whole rose by 1.9%. and that the transportation sector “held its title as the largest source of US emissions for the third year running,” due to a growth in demand for diesel and jet fuel offsetting a modest decline in gasoline use.
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