Last year's lockdowns reduced carbon emissions. This year's wildfires undid all that.

From a recent story in the MIT Technology Review, focusing on carbon emissions in the West Coast of the United States:

Together, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington saw fossil-fuel emissions decline by around 69 million tons of carbon dioxide last year as the pandemic slashed pollution from ground transportation, aviation, and industry, according to data from Carbon Monitor.

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