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Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%. combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. According to the report, the top emitters contributing to the global 34 billion tonnes of CO 2 in 2011 are: China (29%). the United States (16%).

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 2.4% in 2011 while GDP rose

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that after an increase in 2010 of 3.3%, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the US in 2011 decreased by 2.4% (136 million metric tons), while GDP grew by 1.8%. Emissions in 2011 were 526 million metric tons (9%) below the 2005 level. mpg) from 2010 to 2011.

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Study finds that worldwide SO2 emissions rose between 2000-2005 after decade of decline; China, shipping topped growth

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Global sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general, according to a new analysis appearing in the open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Credit: Smith et al.

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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in 2011, close to the historical average. Coal’s market share of 30.3% in 2011, broadly in line with the historical average but well below the 5.1% Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3% World primary energy consumption grew by 2.5%

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Aquatech awarded a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) contract for a major Chinese coal-to-chemicals project

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Water purification technology company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-chemicals facility in Hailer in Inner Mongolia. of it, producing 2000 m 3 /day (528,000 gallons US/day) of process water and 220 m 3 /day (58,000 gallons US/day) of distilled water for various end-user applications.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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China energy end use by sector (Mtce), 1980-2011. Shares of energy end use by sector in China, 1980-2011. They used a lot more coal than they originally admitted to, several hundred million tons more. Like many other people, we were writing articles around 2000 about the decline in China’s energy consumption in the late 1990s.

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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The emissions increase in the United States in 2013 (+2.5%) was mainly due to a shift in power production from gas back to coal together with an increase in gas consumption due to a higher demand for space heating. The much lower emissions increase in China of 4.2% in 2013 and 3.4% The consumption of oil products increased by 1.7%

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