WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. energy-related emissions of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide fell a record 7 percent in 2009 due to the recession, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
"While emissions have declined in three out of the last four years, 2009 was exceptional," the EIA, the statistics arm of the Energy Department, said in an annual report.
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