Fossil fuels from federal lands create one quarter of total U.S. carbon emissions, new report concludes

Fossil fuels from federal lands create one quarter of total U.S. carbon emissions, new report concludes

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A newly released analysis by the Climate Accountability Institute concludes that fossil fuels extracted from federal lands release carbon equal to a quarter of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The rate has stayed roughly consistent from 2003 to 2014.

When it comes to coal, the rate was even higher than average last year, the report concluded. “In 2014, two-fifths (40.2 percent) of U.S. coal production was from leases on Federal Lands; production on Indian Lands accounted for an additional 1.9 percent of U.S. coal production,” wrote Rick Heede, author of the analysis.

Fossil fuels from federal lands create one quarter of total U.S. carbon emissions, new report concludes

-Desmogblog 5/11/2015

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