The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory just released its annual energy flow charts, and the latest infographics reveal that Americans used more energy in 2013 from all sources — renewable, fossil and nuclear. In total, Americans used used an additional 2.3 quadrillion thermal units in 2013 compared to the previous year. With the increase in energy usage came a rise in carbon emissions to 5,390 million metric tons, which marks the first increase in Co2 pollution since 2010.
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