It’s just a three-year span, but from 2010 to 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions declined while both gross domestic product and the number of U.S. jobs rose. (Sources: <a href="http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/archive/00351309.pdf">Energy Information Administration [pdf]</a>, <a href="http://www.multpl.com/us-gdp-inflation-adjusted/table">multpl.com</a>, and the <a href="http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&amp;graph_name=CE_cesbref1">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>)
It’s just a three-year span, but from 2010 to 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions declined while both gross domestic product and the number of U.S. jobs rose. (Sources: <a href="http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/archive/00351309.pdf">Energy Information Administration [pdf]</a>, <a href="http://www.multpl.com/us-gdp-inflation-adjusted/table">multpl.com</a>, and the <a href="http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>)
Obama’s New Carbon Rules: What Price Regulation?
Can good economic times roll while carbon emissions decline? Maybe so.
proposed new rules
under the auspices of the Clean Air Act
Four Key Takeaways From Proposed U.S. Power Plant Rules
But not everyone is waiting for the official comment period to weigh in. And the feedback so far has been predictably varied.
Many in the green community have hailed the proposed rule as an historic step in the right direction although some (see here and here) have criticized it as not going far enough. Even some not in the green contingent have praised it. And overall, a Washington Post-ABC poll indicates that an overwhelming majority — 70 percent — of Americans favor limiting “the release of greenhouse gases from
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