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Reducing industrial emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)—primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), but also some nitrous oxide and methane—has received little policy attention compared to the power and transportation sectors, in spite of industry’s large and growing carbon footprint. In 2019, the industrial sector produced 29.6 percent of all GHG emissions in the United States, when including emissions from generating electricity used by industry (Figure 1).