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Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

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Since 2007, Deutsche Post and DHL have offered their GoGreen service as a way to offset—through certified climate protection projects—the CO 2 emissions generated by their shipping operations. Now we are introducing this to our mail operations as well and making our entire mail transport greener.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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Overall, US energy-related CO 2 emissions have fallen 15% from their peak of 6,003 MMmt in 2007. In 2019, the transportation sector’s energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 0.7% The transportation sector has been the largest source of energy-related CO 2 emissions since surpassing the power sector in 2016.

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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of global CO2 emissions. Already, Maersk’s relative CO 2 emissions (CO 2 emissions per container moved) have been reduced by 46% (baseline 2007), approximately 9% more than the shipping industry average. The maritime industry emitted close to 1000 million tonnes of CO 2 in 2012, representing about 2.2%

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EPA says methane emissions from natural gas production have dropped 36% from 2007-2011

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In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 of total CH 4 emissions (103.0 Tg CO 2 eq.) Tg CO 2 Eq.,

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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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Over the ten-year-period from 2007 top 2017, the average price of electricity to residential consumers increased 21%—from 10.65¢/kWh to 12.89¢/kWh, according to the EIA. That slightly outpaced the overall rate of inflation of 17% over that period.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 1.7% in 2016; carbon intensity of economy down 3.1%; transportation emissions up

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decline in energy-related CO2, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Since the late 1990s, the transportation sector has produced the most CO2 emissions. of the 34 MMmt net increase in transportation-sector CO2 emissions in 2016—totaling 19 MMmt—an increase of 1.8%

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

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The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The total value of CO2 emissions was on a steady decline from 2007, but started to slowdown in 2016 as the fall reduced from -4.1 g/km to 120.5 —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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