| CO2 Emissions to Rise 3.2% This Year, EIA Projects
(Updates with forecasts on economic growth and fossil-fuel demand from the third paragraph.) By Simon Lomax July 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy use will climb 3.2 percent this year on economic growth and higher use of fossil fuels to generate electricity, the Energy Information Administration forecast today. Carbon dioxide produced from burning coal, oil and natural gas should rise 1.6 percent in 2011 from 2010 levels, the EIA said in its July Short-Term Energy Outlook. Carbon dioxide emissions are likely to increase this year due to “forecast economic growth combined with increased use of coal and natural gas in the electric power sector,” according to the EIA. Emissions in 2011 will likely climb because of higher coal use in the electricity industry and greater demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in the transportation sector. Last month, the EIA predicted a 2.9 percent increase in carbon dioxide emissions for this year and a 1.4 percent rise in 2011. --Editor: Richard Stubbe, Charlotte Porter. To contact the reporter on this story: Simon Lomax in Washington at slomax@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Stets at dstets@bloomberg.net ©2010 Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. To subsribe or visit go to: http://www.businessweek.com |