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U.S. Carbon Dioxide Output to Climb 3.6% This Year, EIA Says
2010-09-08 16:04:37.637 GMT
By Simon Lomax
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from
energy use will climb 3.6 percent this year, according to a
forecast by the Energy Information Administration.
Carbon dioxide produced from burning coal, oil and natural
gas will rise 0.4 percent in 2011 from 2010 levels, the EIA said
in its September Short-Term Energy Outlook.
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