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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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Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). The consumption of oil products increased by 1.7%

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MHI designs new bulk carrier enabling 25% reduction in CO2 emissions; ADM buying three

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MHI researchers first reported work on the use of microbubbles to reduce vessel skin friction in a paper published in the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow in 2000. of Nagasaki was selected to build the ships. The talks to build the three dry bulk carriers began between ADM and MHI. MALS timeline. Kodama et al.

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EIA Estimates 2.1% Growth in Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in US in 2010; Still Below 1999-2008 Levels

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Distillate stocks normally build during the summer season in preparation for winter heating demand. This summer’s projected 15-million-barrel stock build is lower than the average 23-million-barrel build over the five previous summers and the 29 million barrel build last summer.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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North American leaders followed suit with their own joint proposal, which builds on the islands’ submission. A recent study reported that ozone’s damage to crop yields in 2000 resulted in an economic loss of up to $26 billion annually. It also lowers crop yields.

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Honda launches new environmental leadership award “Green Dealer” program for Honda and Acura dealers in US

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The top-level Platinum award is reserved for dealers whose facilities earn LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. The company leads all automakers with eleven LEED-Certified “Green Buildings” in North America, and last year announced that ten of its 14 North American manufacturing facilities are zero-waste to landfill.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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It will be launched today by Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, and Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, with the aim of kickstarting the market for cleaner road vehicles and slashing the UKs CO2 emisisons. The scheme, which would be enforced by setting a ceiling for the amount of CO2 a car emits, will become operational in 2011.

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Headwaters Inc and Axens Form Direct Coal Liquefaction Alliance

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billion from 1975-2000 to develop DCL technology. Building on decades of experiences in DCL and a database on a wide range of coals, both companies have continued to increase liquid yields, improve energy efficiency, lower production costs and reduce the environmental footprint (CO 2 emissions and water consumption). Click to enlarge.

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