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Recent Trends in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

"In 2006, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7,054.2 Tg CO2 Eq [teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalents]. Overall, total U.S. emissions have risen by 14.7 percent from 1990 to 2006,... Emissions fell from 2005 to 2006, decreasing by 1.1 percent (75.7 Tg CO2 Eq.)." - excerpt from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Executive Summary of its latest U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report.

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