Greenhouse Gasses and Emmisions
In 2020 there was a whopping ten percent decline in emissions. However that isn’t a cause for celebration as 2021 is set to become a rebound year. The reason for this decline is the COVID-19 pandemic as he combined drop in driving and air travel helped produce a drop of 273 million metric tons in transportation emissions, the most recorded by any economic sector in the United States last year. The nearly 15% decline marked a sharp reversal from previous years, which have seen transportation emissions edged upward to overtake the power sector as America’s leading source of greenhouse gas emissions. The US committed to a 26-28 percent drop in emissions by 2025 with the Paris Agreement. President Trump had pulled America from the Agreement but President elect Joe Biden is expected to rejoin. This along with the pandemic will help limit the use of greenhouse gasses. In order to combat the emission issue it is important that the Government invests in public transportation, bike...