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APRIL 24, 2009
Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. million tons of methane in the atmosphere at the end of December 2008. Agung (Indonesia) in 1963 and Mt. Credit: NOAA.
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APRIL 27, 2012
While representatives of the palm oil industry have protested that the EPA findings are too harsh, correcting the analysis to reflect the more up-to-date information on the destruction of peatland suggests that palm oil biodiesel could be more climate-damaging than fuel from the Canadian oil sands. Miettinen, J., Hooijer, A., Tollenaar, D.,
Green Car Congress
MAY 14, 2018
Some production activities are relocating from China and India to other developing countries, such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, particularly for raw materials and intermediate goods production in energy-intensive sectors. It found that trade among developing nations—South-South trade—more than doubled between 2004 and 2011.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. ” —Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, introducing his proposal to forgo efforts to establish a binding climate treaty at the Copenhagen climate summit.
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DECEMBER 4, 2009
Global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has analyzed carbon emissions from 2000 to 2008 and concluded that the world’s “carbon emissions budget”, or ability to emit carbon dioxide while still maintaining a “fair chance” of limiting average global temperatures to no more than 2 ºC (3.6 Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. It was very warm in the Arctic, there was some tropical forest burning, and there was increased rain in Indonesia and the Amazon. —Ed
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MAY 2, 2012
The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.
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