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In its latest short-term energy outlook released today, the Energy Information Administration said that carbon emissions will climb 3.2 percent this year in the U.S. The EIA estimates that emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise another 1.6 percent in 2011.

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Renewable sources now provide 10.5  Percent of  US energy production and 10.2 percent of net grid-connected electrical generation -

According to figures released in the latest issue of the Monthly Energy Review from the US Energy Information Administration renewable energy sources  - biofuel, biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, and hydro) – supplied 10.51 percent of all domestic energy production during the first nine months of 2009 – the most recent period for which data is available.

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May of 2009 saw a record increase in the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources.

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High gas prices and a melt-down in the eoncomy led to lowered carbon emissions in the U.S. in 2008