BusinessGreen: US carbon emissions have fallen 13 per cent over the past five years to reach their lowest levels since 1994, according to a new report.
A doubling of renewable energy capacity and increases in the use of natural gas have reduced reliance on coal and oil, while improving energy efficiency has seen demand for energy fall steeply, says the paper published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on behalf of industry group the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).
From 2007 to 2012, natural...