April 20, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, For the second year in a row, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States have increased. However, unlike 2013, when emissions and gross domestic product (GDP) grew at similar rates (2.5% and 2.2%, respectively), 2014’s CO2 emissions growth rate of 0.7% was much smaller than […]
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October 24, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Investment by U.S. investor-owned utilities in the electricity distribution system has increased over the past two decades. While down from a peak of $ 20 billion in 2012, 2013 levels remain higher than spending in the 1990s and early 2000s. Increased […]
September 10, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, EIA’s short-term forecasts of gasoline consumption, which cover the current and upcoming calendar year, have risen over the past year. The latest (STEO), released yesterday, expects 2014 gasoline consumption to be 8.82 million barrels per day (135.2 billion gallons), 0.13 million barrels per day (2 billion gallons) […]
