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U.S. CO2 output from energy down 2.8 percent in 2008


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. emissions of the main greenhouse gas from energy sources such as gasoline and coal fell 2.8 percent last year as the recession hit consumer demand for fuel, the government said on Wednesday.

    "Near the end of the year, despite lower energy prices, gasoline and diesel demand was dampened by a drop in consumer income," said the Energy Information Administration, the statistics branch of the Department of Energy.

    (Reporting by Timothy Gardner, Editing by Lisa Shumaker)