U.S. CO2 emissions from energy consumption totaled 4.6 bn metric tons

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U.S. total CO2 emissions from energy consumption totaled 4.6 billion metric tons, according to recent government data.

Petroleum accounted for 45 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, natural gas for 36 percent, and coal for 19 percent.

The transportation sector accounted for 36 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, the most of any sector, and 97 percent of this share came from petroleum.

The industrial sector accounted for 29 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, and 41 percent of this share came from natural gas, 28 percent from electricity retail sales, 25 percent from petroleum, and 7 percent from coal.

The residential sector accounted for 20 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, and 64 percent of this share came from electricity retail sales, 29 percent from natural gas, and 7 percent from petroleum.

The commercial sector accounted for 16 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, and 69 percent of this share came from electricity retail sales, 24 percent from natural gas, and 7 percent from petroleum.

The electric power sector accounted for 32 percent of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, and 54 percent of this share came from coal, 44 percent from natural gas, and 1 percent from petroleum.