EIP report: U.S. power plant CO2 emissions up 2.9 percent in 2007, biggest 1-year jump in nearly a decade

摘要

Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants climbed 2.9 percent in 2007, the biggest single-year increase since 1998, according to new analysis by the nonprofit, non-partisan Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) of data recently released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and titled, "Clean Air Markets" (http://www.epa.gov/airmar-kets/). According to the EIP report, the electric power industry's CO2 emissions have risen 5.9 percent since 2002 and 11.7 percent since 1997. The new EIP report shows the 10 states with the largest one-year CO2 pollution increases are: Texas, Georgia, Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Virginia and North Carolina. According to the EIP analysis, Texas, Georgia and Arizona, had the biggest CO2 pollution increases on a one-, five- and 10-year basis. Data from 2006 show that the 10 states that emitted the most CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity produced (meaning the least efficient power production relative to resulting climate-related pollution) are: North Dakota, Wyoming, Kentucky, Indiana, Utah, West Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, and Iowa.