Carbon emissions from energy dropped 10% in the EU last year

The European Union's statistical office is estimating that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10% in the EU last year amid the coronavirus pandemic

BRUSSELS -- Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10% in the European Union last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates from the EU's statistical office. Eurostat said in a statement Friday that emissions fell in all of the EU's 27 member nations compared to 2019 as governments imposed lockdown measures to slow the spread of the virus. Greece recorded the largest decrease (-18.7%), followed by Estonia (-18.1%), Luxembourg (-17.9%), Spain (-16.2%) and Denmark (-14.8%). The countries with the smallest reductions were Malta (-1%), Hungary (-1.7%), Ireland (-2.6%) and Lithuania (-2.6%). Eurostat said the sources of the cutbacks varied.