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1. so that 2.7 billion tonnes would be about a 50% increase over the 2022 emissions level
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:40 AM
Aug 2024
the US’s planet-heating emissions will “significantly increase” by 2.7bn tonnes above the current trajectory by 2030, an amount comparable to the entire annual emissions of India, according to the report.


https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks
In 2022, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,343 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, and 5,489 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents after accounting for sequestration from the land sector.

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