Fact Check: President Donald Trump Claims U.S. Carbon Emissions Lowest in 35 Years

10/23/20
 
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from Breitbart,
10/23/20:

Claim: President Donald Trump said at the presidential debate on Thursday that carbon emissions in the U.S. are the lowest in 35 years.

Verdict: True. Thanks to clean burning natural gas, power emissions in the United States are the lowest they have been since 1985, or 35 years.

A Real Clear Energy report from 2018 confirms that fact, using data from the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA)…

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