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The transportation sector is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States. In 2021, transportation-related CO₂ emissions amounted to over 1.75 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂). This was followed by the electricity generation sector, at 1.54 GtCO₂ that year.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (April 13, 2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion in The United States in 2021, by Sector (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency, Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, April 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/524216/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-sector/