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in 2019 based on preliminary energy and economic data. An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. during the same period in 2019.
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