What are U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by source and sector?
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were 5,269 million metric tons in 2018.
| Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by source and sector for the United States, 2018 (million metric tons) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Transportation | Electric power | Source total | |
| Coal | 0 | 2 | 110 | 0 | 1,150 | 1,259 |
| Natural gas | 273 | 191 | 534 | 46 | 581 | 1,625 |
| Petroleum | 65 | 60 | 362 | 1,866 | 21 | 2,374 |
| Other1 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Electricity2 | 679 | 638 | 442 | 4 | ||
| Sector total | 1,017 | 891 | 1,445 | 1,916 | 1,763 | 5,269 |
1 Emissions from combustion of waste materials derived from petroleum and from some types of geothermal power plants.
2 Electricity-related CO2 emissions are based on electric power sector electricity sales to the other sectors and the emissions associated with the generation of that electricity. The electric power total of 1,763 million metric tons is not included in the source total for all sectors (5,269 million metric tons) to avoid double counting.
Note: Sum of data in columns and rows may not equal the totals because of independent rounding.
Source: Monthly Energy Review, October 2019
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Monthly Energy Review, Tables 12.1 through 12.6 contain the most recent estimates of monthly and annual U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions by sector and energy source.
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