According to the Energy Information Administration, fossil fuel based emissions are set to fall by 5.9 percent for 2008, largely due to less economic activity and demand because of the recession.
Some of the reduction in emissions was said to come from the adoption of clean energy technologies, as well as a trend where more power plants have been dropping coal in favor of natural gas because it tends to be more clean-burning and has been experiencing significantly low prices in recent months.
Another factor in the decline was said to be a recession-driven cut in products like jet fuel and petroleum products in general.
This trend is likely to continue in the next several years. A number of industrial scale projects are under development in most regions of the country with the potential to generate more and more megawatts of clean wind and solar energy, serving tens of thousands of homes in the process.
