Bars over time
U.S. Energy-Related CO₂ Emissions
Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. energy use, million metric tons per month, yearly average
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Emissions from burning coal, oil and gas in the U.S., from the EIA. The decline since the mid-2000s mostly reflects the shift from coal to natural gas and renewables.
What this chart reads
- US Energy-Related CO₂ Emissions (EIA, Monthly)as “Energy CO₂”behindlatest 2026-06-01
Sources
US Energy-Related CO₂ Emissions (EIA, Monthly). Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption (series TETCEUS), via the EIA Open Data API v2 (route total-energy). https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/. US federal data, public domain.
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