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Coronavirus outbreak triggers drop in climate-changing emissions

A new Energy Information Administration report projects Americans will burn off 7.5% less climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions this year.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will preside over one of America's sharpest drops in climate-changing emissions despite mocking the idea of climate change himself. 

A new Energy Information Administration report projects Americans will burn off 7.5% less climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions this year. 

That's as the coronavirus hacks away at the U.S. economy and disrupts travel and business. 

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Americans recorded almost as big a drop in emissions after the 2008 recession. 

Climate scientists say climate-damaging fossil fuel use typically picks up when economies rebound.

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