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Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina

Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina was 55.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2022, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 1.6% from 2021. That is the 9th highest of 51 states in 2022.

2022, million tonnes of CO2 equivalent55.4
Change on 2021-1.6%
Rank9th of 51US states ranked
Series high57.052019
Series low38.881991

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Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina, 1990 to 2022

35404550556019901995200020052010201520221990: 39.95 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1991: 38.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1992: 40.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1993: 41.66 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1994: 43.72 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1995: 45 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1996: 47.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1997: 48.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1998: 50.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent1999: 51.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2000: 53.86 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2001: 52.38 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2002: 52.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2003: 54.57 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2004: 55.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2005: 55.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2006: 54.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2007: 55.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2008: 52.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2009: 49.77 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2010: 53.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2011: 52.01 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2012: 49.95 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2013: 50.42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2014: 52.01 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2015: 52.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2016: 54.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2017: 55.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2018: 56.18 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2019: 57.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2020: 51.55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2021: 56.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent2022: 55.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: EPA state greenhouse gas inventory, EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-04-23.
All 33 values
Periodmillion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
202255.4
202156.31
202051.55
201957.05
201856.18
201755.17
201654.7
201552.76
201452.01
201350.42
201249.95
201152.01
201053.33
200949.77
200852.11
200755.25
200654.56
200555.32
200455.19
200354.57
200252.81
200152.38
200053.86
199951.93
199850.47
199748.67
199647.82
199545
199443.72
199341.66
199240.2
199138.88
199039.95

Rankings

Definition

Greenhouse gas emissions of a US state allocated to the transportation economic sector. Cars, trucks, aircraft, ships, rail and pipelines, including their fuel and the refrigerants in vehicle air conditioning. In million metric tons of CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases weighted by their 100-year global warming potentials (IPCC AR5), from the EPA inventory of US emissions by state, which allocates the national inventory to the states with the same methods for every state. Emissions are counted where they occur, so electricity is counted in the state that generates it, not the state that uses it.

The six economic sectors add up to state_ghg_emissions. EPA says these estimates are not official state data: a state's own inventory can differ because it uses other methods, data or scopes. Each annual edition recalculates the whole series back to 1990.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks by State. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), North Carolina, 1990 to 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals

MLA 9

EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), North Carolina, 1990 to 2022. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 23 Apr. 2025, https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/state-ghg-emissions-transportation/north-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2025. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), North Carolina, 1990 to 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/state-ghg-emissions-transportation/north-carolina.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2025) EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), North Carolina, 1990 to 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/state-ghg-emissions-transportation/north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), North Carolina, 1990 to 2022}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/state-ghg-emissions-transportation/north-carolina. Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks by State. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina?

Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina was 55.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2022, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is down 1.6% from 2021. That is the 9th highest of 51 states in 2022.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) in North Carolina?

57.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2019, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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