Power plant, industrial emissions continue to fall, EPA reports

Fuel Fix: Emissions of greenhouse gases from the country’s power plants and other industrial facilities continue to fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday.

Within the power industry, the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, emissions last year were down 6 percent from 2014 and 11 percent since 2011.

Likewise, emissions from oil and gas facilities declined 2 percent from 2014 – though were up 4 percent from 2011, following increased oil and gas production through the shale drilling boom. Emissions from other industrial and waste facilities fell 2 percent from 2014.

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