{"id":550,"date":"2008-06-30T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/06\/30\/us_emissions_map\/"},"modified":"2008-06-30T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T17:40:02","slug":"us_emissions_map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/06\/30\/us_emissions_map\/","title":{"rendered":"Picturing U.S. Carbon Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/02\/sheryl_canter.jpg' alt='Sheryl Canter' height=\"80\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>How much do different sectors of the U.S. economy contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, and how much does this vary by region? 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