• booly
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    13 days ago

    The EU had an 8% decline in emissions last year.

    The US peaked at 23.1 tonnes of carbon emissions per capita in 1973. It came off that peak but stayed pretty flat through 2007 or so, at 20.2 tonnes per person. Since then, it’s steadily come down, and is now at about 14.9.

    There’s still a long way to go, but the 35% reduction that the US has already accomplished shows that it’s possible to keep making progress.