(Western Wire) April 15, 2020 – U.S. carbon dioxide and other emissions have fallen over the past 14 years while the economy expanded and then recovered from the Great Recession, according to the latest data released by the Environmental Protection Agency this week.

Nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the power sector have fallen 27 percent since 2005 while the economy expanded by 25 percent, according to the newest edition of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual emissions report.

EPA Emissions Report Show Long Term Declines Continue