U.S. Has Largest CO2 Emissions Decline in World for 9th Time Since 2000

Chart of the Day: Thank oceans of U.S. underground Natural Gas for lowest CO₂ emissions from energy use since 1992 By Mark J. Perry  Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. From the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy (67th edition) here are some details on CO₂ Emissions in 2017:

1. Global CO₂ emissions from energy in 2017 grew by 1.6 (and 426.4 million tons see data here) rebounding from the stagnant volumes during 2014-2016 and faster than the 10-year average of 1.3.
2. Declines in CO₂ Emissions in 2017 were led by the US (-0.5 and 42 million tons see chart below.) This is the 9th time in this centurys 17 years that the U.S. has had the largest decline in CO₂ emissions in the world. This also was the 3rd consecutive year that emissions in the U.S. declined though the fall was the smallest over the last three years.
3. Carbon emissions from energy use from the U.S. are the lowest since 1992 the year that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came into existence. The next largest decline was in Ukraine (-10.1 and 28.1 tons).
4. The largest increase in carbon emissions in 2017 came from China (1.6 and 119 tons) a reversal from the past three years when the largest increases in emissions came from India. Chinas emissions in 2017 were 0.3 higher than the previous peak in 2014.
5. China has had the worlds largest increments in carbon emission every year this century except in four years  2000 and between 2014-16.
6. The next highest increment came from India where emissions rose by 4.4 (93.2 million tons see chart) though lower than its 10-year average (6 p.a.).
7. Together China and India accounted for nearly half (212.2 million tons) of the increase in global carbon emissions (426.4 million tons).
8. EU CO₂ Emissions were also up (1.5 and 42.4 million tons see chart) with just Spain accounting for 44 of the increase in EU emissions.
9. Among other EU members UK and Denmark reported the lowest carbon emissions in their history.

For that impressive greening" of America we can thank the underground oceans of Americas natural gas that are now accessible because of the revolutionary advanced drilling and extraction technologies of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal/directional drilling and are increasingly displacing coal for the nations electricity generation. Mark J. Perry is concurrently a scholar at American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Michigans Flint campus. At AEI Perry writes about Economic & Financial Issues for American.com and the AEIdeas blog.