U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bounced Back Sharply in 2021: Up 6 % in 2021 ‘after a record 10% decline in 2020’ – Fueled by a rise in coal power & truck traffic
Flashback: Climate activist Eric Holthaus: COVID lockdowns are ‘teaching us we can do much more than we thought’ on climate – If ‘Covid recovery prioritizes climate policies, global emissions will have permanently peaked in 2019’ - Holthaus: Lockdowns gave "a once-in-a-planet chance to reshape our economies and our societies in a way that works with the Earth."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/climate/emissions-pandemic-rebound.html
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bounced Back Sharply in 2021
Emissions rose 6 percent last year after a record 10 percent decline in 2020, fueled by a rise in coal power and truck traffic as the U.S. economy rebounded from the pandemic.