U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trends and Projections: Role of the Clean Power Plan and Other Factors.

The article focuses on the projected U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels and efforts of the U.S. government to tackle the issue of carbon dioxide emissions. The topics discussed includes international negotiations and domestic policy developments to tackle GHG emission, changes in the U.S. electricity generation portfolio that played a key role in the decrease of carbon dioxide emission, and percentage of total energy generated from clean power plans in the U.S.