The European Union's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Less Than Half as Much Per Capita as U.S. Emissions

October 22, 2014

Dean Baker

That would have been useful background to be included in a NYT article on the European Union’s plans for future emission targets. Many readers may not realize that the countries in the European Union are starting from a much lower emissions level than the United States. This means that reductions will be more costly to achieve.