Forbes: Via Brad Plumber, Eduardo Porter worries that the recent decline in carbon emissions will not last
Will our carbon footprint continue to shrink? The Energy Department forecasts that CO2 emissions will tick up nearly 2 percent this year and 0.7 percent in 2014, as the economy recovers. Coal use in power plants is also expected to rebound as gas prices rise from their 2012 trough.
Historical precedent is not promising. The drive for energy efficiency that started in the 1970s did not...