CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuels by Sector
In the Northwest states, 53 percent of our CO2 emissions from fossil fuels stem from transportation uses including commute traffic, freight, and planes. This chart series shows emissions for the Northwest states, the US West, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
In the Northwest states, 53 percent of our CO2 emissions from fossil fuels stem from transportation uses including commute traffic, freight, and planes. Our transportation sector produces more than three times as much climate pollution as electricity production does.
When we're looking at how to reduce our climate-changing emissions, we must look at how to reduce emissions in this sector.
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Northwest States (ID, OR, WA)
Western United States
In the US West as a whole, transportation accounts for 44 percent of fossil fuel CO2 emissions, by far the biggest source of emissions:
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
More about transportation emissions and these charts
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Date range: 2003 data
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