Study: Pandemic Leads To 9.2% Drop in Greenhouse Gases by U.S. Economy
UPDATED 11:23 AM ET Nov. 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has sent greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. businesses plummeting to their lowest level in nearly three decades, according to analysis from BloombergNEF, an energy research group.
Greenhouse gases generated by the economy are projected to drop to 5.9 billion metric tons in 2020, down 9.2% compared to last year, the study says. That is about the same level seen in 1983, when the U.S. economy was less than 40% its current size.