Between 1990 and 2006, our greenhouse gas emissions fell dramatically. Greenhouse gas emissions excluding indirect (or embedded) carbon dioxide emissions from purchased electricity, fell 12.5% in absolute terms between 1990 and 2006, a reduction that would have exceeded the Kyoto Protocol target for the U.S. (7%) and the EU (8%). During the same period, chemical industry production rose 41%. As a result, GHG emissions intensity improved 38%.
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity, fell 7% between 1990 and 2006, a level that matches the Kyoto Protocol target for the U.S. (7%). During the same period, chemical industry production rose 41%. As a result, GHG emissions intensity improved 34%.
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