Greenhouse Gas * USA - Eemissions up for cars, trucks in 2006
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit Free Press, by JUSTIN HYDE -November 29, 2007: -- Greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks rose slightly in 2006, even as the United States cut its overall emissions by 1.5%, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday... The administration said the decline in man-made emissions to 7.08 billion metric tons was the first since 2001, and only the third since 1990... But carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks burning gasoline rose 0.3% to 1.19 billion tons, or about 17% of the U.S. total... Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. vehicles have risen steadily since 1990, as a growing number of drivers traveling farther every year overwhelmed any reductions from more efficient vehicles... Total emissions from transportation -- including everything from diesel trucks to airplanes -- rose slightly to 2.01 billion metric tons...
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