Diesel trucks and coal drove emissions up.
The pandemic will do little to slow down climate change in the absence of more intentional pollution cuts.
The biggest culprits behind the US’s jump in pollution last year are diesel trucks and coal plants, Rhodium’s analysis found. Transportation was already the US’sof emissions before COVID-19 stalled economic activity in 2020. But a new trend emerged during the pandemic: demand for diesel outpaced gasoline.
. Road freight was the only category of transportation that saw fuel demand surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2021.for more than half a decade. Coal-fired power generation grew for the first time since 2014. Low natural gas prices have largely contributed to coal’s demise over the years, but last year, natural gas prices soared after an unusual cold snap dealt a double whammy to the US — it froze production and drove demand up for heating.
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