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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The United Kingdom’s Met (Meteorological) Office announced that the 2000-2009 decade “ has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrumental record ”, and that 2009 is on track to become the fifth warmest year in the past 160 years, continuing the warming trend that has accelerated since the 1970s. Click to enlarge. climate data analysis.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The United States must reduce its global warming pollution emissions at least 80 percent below 2000 levels by 2050 to avoid some of the worst effects of global warming.

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