The data displays the total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions between 1975 and 2017. In 2017, around 5.14 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions were produced from energy consumption in the U.S. In 2015, around 34.8 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide was emitted globally.
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption
The year 1997 marked the birth of the Kyoto Protocol. That year, global energy-related CO2 emissions stood at around 24.4 billion metric tons. Despite numerous assurances by policymakers to undertake efforts to reduce pollution, this figure increased to more than 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2015.
