With the crisis, America pollutes less.

Keywords: coal, pollution, oil, U.S., Federal Service on Energy Statistics.

The carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by 7% in the United States.

The release of the principal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) fell 7% last year in the United States, announced yesterday Federal service of statistics on energy . The explanation of its leader, Richard Newell, "the continuation of a trend towards less energy-intensive economy." America has used more gas over more polluting coal for generating electricity. But the essential cause, of course, is "the economic downturn.
The plants have less turned the truck rolled at least, Americans have consumed less gas and oil. A study published last November in the journal Nature Geoscience announced a global decline in emissions in 2009, about 2%, after surging 29% from 2000 to 2008.