Using data collected between 2003 and 2014, the researchers crunched the numbers on
electricity emissions in 27 states, mostly in the Eastern U.S.. From this analysis, they observed that power plants released 3.35 percent more SO2 on average per degree Celsius increase in temperature, and NOx and CO2 rose by 3.60 percent and 3.32 percent, respectively.
The lack of correlation between income per capita and transportation and
electricity emission per capita demonstrates that, at least among states of the U.S., there is no rigid relationship between affluence and emissions.
Committing to a new target to generate 60 % of electricity via solar power by 2020, and
reducing electricity emissions by 80 % without putting up the cost of power to consumers
Using the emissions calculator: you have to enter a zip code but the results given include both the
regional electricity emissions as well as the US average, and the US average car.
Electricity emissions factors were used from the National Inventory Report Canada (2011): Part 3.
Electricity emissions have risen by 5.5 % in the past two years due to increasing demand and the scrapping of Labor's carbon price.