US carbon emissions per capita: a 20-year trend
US CO₂ per capita has fallen from roughly 20.4 tons CO₂e in 2000 to around 15.5 tons CO₂e in 2022 — a 24% reduction over two decades. That decline is real, but the US still emits more than twice the global average per person. This post unpacks what drove the trend, what didn’t, and what […]