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AUGUST 4, 2022
Russia-based Udokan Copper , the developer of Russia’s largest new copper deposit, outlined scenarios to cut the carbon intensity of copper production up to 75% by 2035, bringing the company closer to its ultimate goal of climate neutrality in the long run. In 2021, Udokan Copper invested RUB 764 million (US$11.5
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2009
in 2008, against 3.3% In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. billion tonnes in 2008. Source: PBL. Click to enlarge.
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JANUARY 3, 2014
However, the National Development Plan for Oil Shale Use for 2008-15 calls for reducing annual extraction while preserving the country’s strong energy security. Besides Estonia, countries with large oil shale reserves include Australia, Brazil, China and Russia. In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 million tonnes.
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JULY 20, 2012
tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. One of the main CO 2 reduction options is the use of ‘new’ renewable energy sources (excluding hydropower), such as solar and wind energy and biofuels. In the European Union, CO 2 emissions dropped by 3% to 7.5
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JUNE 13, 2012
Output grew rapidly in Qatar (+25.8%), Russia (+3.1%) and Turkmenistan (+40.6%), more than offsetting declines in Libya (-75.6%) and the UK (-20.8%). driven by wind energy (+25.8%) which accounted for more than half of renewable power generation for the first time, with the US and China showing the largest increments.
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MAY 27, 2009
World oil prices have fallen sharply from their July 2008 high mark. Hydropower and wind power are the major sources of incremental renewable electricity supply. Total world energy use rises from 472 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2006 to 552 quadrillion Btu in 2015 and then to 678 quadrillion Btu in 2030. Transportation.
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JULY 17, 2011
In 2010 prior to the world climate summit, Munich Re drew attention to the number and scale of weather-related natural catastrophes in the first nine months of that year: floods in central Europe, wildfires in Russia, widespread flooding in Pakistan. Overall the accumulation is nothing unusual in La Niña years. US$7 billion, of which US$2.5
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