After Pulling Out Of Paris Climate Accords, U.S. Led The World In Decreasing Carbon Emissions Last Year
By Emily Zanotti
July 16, 2018
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33129...-emily-zanotti
According to the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy,
the United States led the world last year in reducing carbon emissions across the board, even though President Donald
Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords in 2017.
American Enterprise Institute reports that
U.S. carbon emissions declined by more than 42 million tons in 2017, far ahead of the next most environmentally-friendly country, Ukraine, where emissions declined by 20 million tons.
Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Japan also saw major declines in how much carbon dioxide each nation emits into the atmosphere.
Strangely enough, Canada, Spain, the European Union, and China —
all signatories to the infamous Paris Climate Accords negotiated by the United Nations — saw
significant increases in carbon dioxide emissions. China released 120 million
more tons of carbon dioxide into the air in 2017 than in 2016.
The EU made up for America's decline,
releasing 40 million more tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere....