| Rising electricity demand outpaced the growth of renewable energy and pushed CO2 emissions 5 percent above where they stood before the coronavirus outbreak, the British energy think tank Ember found.
While the United States, Europe and Japan had modest emissions declines during the first six months of the year, rising energy use increased planet-warming pollution for the power sector in China, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan and Vietnam. |
| | | | Environment Alert | Aug. 24, 7:23 p.m. EDT | | | | | Rising electricity demand outpaced the growth of renewable energy and pushed CO2 emissions 5 percent above where they stood before the coronavirus outbreak, the British energy think tank Ember found.
While the United States, Europe and Japan had modest emissions declines during the first six months of the year, rising energy use increased planet-warming pollution for the power sector in China, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan and Vietnam. | | | | | |
