Energy-related carbon emissions in the US continue to decline as a consequence of natural gas development and conversions of power plants to gas.

There is ever more evidence natural gas, most of which is produced using hydraulic fracturing these days, is leading to lower energy-related carbon emissions. The latest report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), issued yesterday, is chock-full of data demonstrating how and why U.S. carbon emissions dropped another 3.8% in 2012 and are at their lowest level since 1994. There is so much data, in fact, it’s easy to lose sight of the essentials, but this much is readily apparent; the reductions are attributable in a major way to the increase in the share of natural gas generation relative to coal generation.

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