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Leisure and hospitality employment increased in February, though still 20% lower than before the pandemic

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Environment & Energy
In 2020, the average global temperature was 0.98 °C
(1.76 °F) above the 20th century average. It was also 0.02 °C (0.04 °F) below 2016, the warmest year on record.
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The 2010s averaged twelve such disasters per year and the 2000s averaged six such disasters per year.
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Wildfires burned an average of 7 million acres per year in the 2010s, more than twice the annual average in the 1990s. Final data on 2020 wildfires will be released in March 2021.
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Fossil fuel production was up 38% in 2019 compared to 1980, largely due to a 77% increase in natural gas production (and despite a 23% decrease in coal production). Nuclear energy production increased 209% in the same period and renewable production increased 112%. Combined, renewable and nuclear energy comprised 20% of energy production in 2019.
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However, it was above the low reached in 2017.
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However, fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal) continued to account for 80% of US energy consumption.
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Imported energy fell 34% from the high in 2006, while exports increased 440% over the same period.
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In 2018, the US made up 15% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and emitted more metric tons of carbon dioxide (5.3 billion metric tons) than any country other than China (10.6 billion metric tons).
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Carbon dioxide is the largest source of US greenhouse gas, comprising 81% of 2018 emissions, followed by methane at 10%. For more on the environment, see the State of the Earth.
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