Power plants are no longer America’s biggest climate problem. Transportation is.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/6/13/11911798/emissions-electricity-versus-transportation

A new energy era is upon us: For the first time since 1979, America’s cars, trucks, and airplanes emit more carbon dioxide than its power plants do. The chart below comes from Sam Ori, executive director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago:

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see article for the link to the source data and further analysis.
 
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