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by hesk 2442 days ago
> Further the US and European trends are already downwards.

US CO2 emission trends are downwards because the US stopped burning coal. In the same time, they've switched to natural gas produced by fracking. Fracking leaks methane. Taking methane and CO2 emissions together, US greenhouse gas trends are stable and not downward.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-literal-gas...

I don't know about EU trends. I'm not very optimistic.