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Data Files for U.S. Mayors Respond to Washington Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change
Cities Signed on to the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (map)
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Consumption by Sector and Country Total, 1990-2004 (figure and table)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Top Ten Emitting Countries, 2003 (figure and table)
Average Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Person in the United States and the World, 1980-2003 (table)
Cities Signed on to the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
Year |
Residential |
Commercial |
Industrial |
Transportation |
Total Emissions |
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Million Metric Tons |
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1990 |
943 |
755 |
1,554 |
1,450 |
4,712 |
1991 |
940 |
756 |
1,530 |
1,424 |
4,681 |
1992 |
939 |
755 |
1,594 |
1,455 |
4,777 |
1993 |
996 |
778 |
1,598 |
1,485 |
4,892 |
1994 |
988 |
791 |
1,619 |
1,528 |
4,963 |
1995 |
992 |
806 |
1,620 |
1,554 |
5,009 |
1996 |
105 |
836 |
1,677 |
1,597 |
5,195 |
1997 |
1,041 |
877 |
1,703 |
1,606 |
5,263 |
1998 |
1,045 |
896 |
1,635 |
1,663 |
5,272 |
1999 |
1,064 |
905 |
1,614 |
1,726 |
5,342 |
2000 |
1,123 |
962 |
1,643 |
1,770 |
5,534 |
2001 |
1,123 |
983 |
1,575 |
1,757 |
5,487 |
2002 |
1,140 |
974 |
1,543 |
1,802 |
5,502 |
2003 |
1,167 |
978 |
1,572 |
1,805 |
5,571 |
2004 |
1,167 |
983 |
1,595 |
1,860 |
5,657 |
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| Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Emissions Inventory, 2006 (Washington D.C.: U.S. EPA, 15 April 2006) at http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsGHGEmissionsUSEmissionsInventory2006.html; 1991-1997 data from Lisa Hanley, EPA, e-mail to Joseph Florence, Earth Policy Institute, 27 April 2006. |
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| Country |
Emissions |
Share of Global Total |
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Million Metric Tons |
Percent |
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| United States |
5,802 |
23% |
| China |
3,541 |
14% |
| Russia |
1,606 |
6% |
| Japan |
1,206 |
5% |
| India |
1,025 |
4% |
| Germany |
842 |
3% |
| Canada |
600 |
2% |
| United Kingdom |
565 |
2% |
| South Korea |
470 |
2% |
| Italy |
465 |
2% |
| All Other Countries |
9,040 |
36% |
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| Global Total |
25,162 |
100% |
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| Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Annual 2003 (Washington DC: July 2005), at www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea. |
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Year |
United States |
World |
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Metric Tons |
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1980 |
21.0 |
4.1 |
1981 |
20.2 |
4.0 |
1982 |
19.0 |
3.9 |
1983 |
18.6 |
3.9 |
1984 |
19.5 |
4.0 |
1985 |
19.3 |
4.0 |
1986 |
19.1 |
4.0 |
1987 |
20.0 |
4.1 |
1988 |
20.4 |
4.1 |
1989 |
20.5 |
4.1 |
1990 |
20.1 |
4.1 |
1991 |
19.7 |
4.0 |
1992 |
19.9 |
3.9 |
1993 |
20.0 |
3.9 |
1994 |
20.1 |
3.9 |
1995 |
20.1 |
3.9 |
1996 |
20.7 |
3.9 |
1997 |
20.7 |
3.9 |
1998 |
20.6 |
3.9 |
1999 |
20.7 |
3.9 |
2000 |
20.6 |
3.9 |
2001 |
20.1 |
3.9 |
2002 |
20.1 |
3.9 |
2003 |
20.0 |
4.0 |
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| Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), "Per Capita Emissions," at http://eia.doe.gov/environment.html, updated 11 July 2006. |
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