While the US cut overall greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5% last year, emissions from cars and trucks were up slightly.

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According to the Detroit Free Press, the US Energy Information Administration said that this was the first overall decline in emissions since 2001. A total of 7.08bn tonnes was emitted.


The decline was put down to a warm winter and increased use of natural gas instead of coal.


CO2 emissions from cars and trucks rose 0.3% to 1.19bn tonnes. This represents around 17% of total CO2 emissions by the US.


Including trucks and air travel, CO2 emissions from transportation rose slightly to 2.01bn tonnes.

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The US accounts for around one fifth of the world’s emissions. While UK greenhouse gas emissions average 13 tonnes per person, US national emission average 21 tonnes per person.