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UK New Car CO2 Emissions Drop by Biggest Ever Margin in 2009

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MARCH 13, 2010

The average new car sold in the UK in 2009 emitted 149.5 2009 saw the 12 th successive annual drop in average new car CO 2 emissions, but the rate of decline was increased by the recession and subsequent Scrappage Incentive Scheme steering buyers towards more fuel-efficient models. g/km of CO 2 , down 5.4% on the 2008 figure and 21.2%

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2009 Scrappage Emissions CO2

China and India Nullify Global Reduction in CO2 Emissions in 2009

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JULY 2, 2010

Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009 as strong increases in CO 2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries such as China and India, have completely nullified CO 2 emission reductions in the industrialized world. Source: PBL. Click to enlarge.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

to 0.6%], potentially only the third such decline since 1990 (the others in 2009 and 2020). CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% per year over the last 10 years but are expected to decline slightly in 2022 by 0.2% [-1.2% CO 2 emissions from coal use are expected to grow 1.0% [0.2%

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Global Emissions Carbon Coal

ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The ICCT first analyzed the historical trends in fuel efficiency improvement of new commercial jet aircraft in 2009. A new analysis of commercial aircraft fuel efficiency from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the UN’s aircraft CO 2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial

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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OCTOBER 6, 2017

decline in energy-related CO2, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. Since the late 1990s, the transportation sector has produced the most CO2 emissions. Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5%

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2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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MAY 14, 2018

Relatively little attention has been paid to the rapid rise of South-South trade since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. —Dabo Guan, professor in climate change economics at UEA’s School of International Development and co-author on both studies. Coffman, D.’. M., & Guan, D.

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Study Finds Global CO2 Emissions Dropped 1.3% in 2009; Emissions in China and India Rose 9% and 6%

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade, according to an addendum to an earlier study outlining a method for updating global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. In contrast to many other countries, China and India increased their emissions in 2009.

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Stimulus Package 2009 India Emissions

EIA Projects 5% Decrease in Fossil-Fuel-Based CO2 Emissions in 2009; Little Change in Emissions from Gasoline

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AUGUST 12, 2009

In its current version of the Short Term Energy Outlook ( STEO ), the US Energy Information Administration projects a 5% decline in fossil-fuel-based CO 2 emissions in 2009. The STEO projects that petroleum CO 2 emissions will decline by 4% in 2009, primarily due to declines in transportation sector consumption. Click to enlarge.

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2009 Emissions Gasoline Coal

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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MAY 30, 2020

Climeworks, a company founded at ETH Zurich in 2009, is pursuing CO 2 air separation to provide the carbon required for fuel synthesis in a sustainable manner. The syngas is then processed by standard gas-to-liquids technology into fuels. The integrated thermal energy storage enables continuous 24/7 fuel production.

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UK new car CO2 emissions fell 3.5% in 2010 and more than 20% since 2000

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MARCH 19, 2011

improvement recorded between 2008 and 2009. in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. According to the report, reductions in average emissions were made across all model segments compared with 2009 levels, contributing to the significant drop over the past decade. respectively on 2009 figures.

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2000 2010 CO2 Emissions

Linde, BASF and RWE to invest additional 6M in long-term test of CO2 scrubbing project

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MARCH 11, 2011

million) into another phase of their research on CO2 scrubbing for carbon capture. The pilot plant which was commissioned in the coal innovation center in Niederaussem in 2009 will now go through a long-term test from March until the end of 2013. Linde, BASF and German power utility RWE will invest a further €6 million (US$8.3

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Tesla’s 2023 regulatory credits generate $1.79 billion in revenue

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The money Tesla makes due to other carmakers needing assistance to reach emissions standards continues to accumulate, and since 2009, it has made almost $9 billion in revenue because of the system. Tesla’s 2023 regulatory credits generated an additional $1.79 billion in revenue, according to its 10-K filed last week.

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JATO Dyanmics Finds Overall Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 Improvement of 2.8% from 2008 to 2009, Based on EPA Data

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

JATO Dynamics recently analysed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CO 2 data for 2008-2009, summarizing volume-weighted average CO 2 by make, model and segment. Under this methodology, JATO has identified an overall CO 2 improvement of 2.8%, across all US cars and trucks, within the period 2008-2009. Earlier post.)

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EPA reports decline in CO2 and increase in fuel economy from new US LDVs in 2009; projects increase in new hybrid vehicle share to 4.3% in 2010

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

L/100km), though there is uncertainty in these projections as they were made during the atypical automotive market in 2009. For 2009, the last year EPA has final data from automakers, the average CO 2 emissions from new vehicles were 397 grams per mile and the average fuel economy value was 22.4 in 2010, up from 2.3% Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy 2009 EPA 2010

EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

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MARCH 15, 2013

EPA estimates that the fleet-wide average MY 2011 CO2 emissions and fuel economy values would likely have been similar to or slightly better than MY 2010 levels if car production from major Japan-based manufacturers had not been constrained. The number of cars with 40 mpg or higher (5.9

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy

EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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APRIL 9, 2019

Other key findings of the report: For the first year since 2009, gasoline cars constituted the majority of new registrations in 2017 (almost 53%). Improvements in passenger car energy efficiency contributed to the reduction in CO 2 emissions from 2009 to 2016. The biggest changes were observed between 2009 and 2013.

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2017 Emissions CO2 2016

CO2 emissions down from 2008 to 2009

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

According to a recent analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency carbon dioxide (CO2) data for 2008-2009, there has been an overall CO2 improvement of 2.8 The analysis, by JATO Dynamics, summarised volume-weighted average CO2 by make, model and segment with David Mitchell, president of JATO Dynamics Americas, suggesting [.].

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Final EPA report shows total US GHG emissions up 3.2% in 2010, total CO2 up 3.5%, total transportation CO2 up 1%

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APRIL 16, 2012

From 2009 to 2010, these emissions increased by 181.6 From 2008 to 2009, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector declined 4%, due largely to decreased economic activity in 2009 and an associated decline in the demand for transportation. Between 1990 and 2010, CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Tg CO 2 Eq.

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2010 EPA Transportation Emissions

EU publishes CO2 derogations to Cars and CO2 regulation for car manufacturers

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The derogations were set in the EU’s 2009 Cars and CO 2 regulation and will enter force on 16 February. The 2009 regulation sets an average new car emissions limit of 130 g/km by 2015. The European Union has published rules on exemptions from carbon reduction targets for car manufacturers.

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The Volvo Group enters partnership with WWF to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group’s truck companies will undertake to reduce the CO 2 -emissions from vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million tons. The WWF Climate Savers Program is mobilizing multinational companies to cut their emissions of CO2. Independent technical experts will oversee the results.

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Volvo CO2 Emissions 2008

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. In the European Union, CO 2 emissions dropped by 3% to 7.5 tonnes per capita. the United States (16%). the European Union (11%).

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global

DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

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MAY 4, 2012

All of the projects are among those selected by FE in September 2009 to receive about $10 million each in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding designated for projects to increase scientific understanding of promising CO 2 storage geologic formations.

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Viridos executes agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels toward commercial levels

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In 2009, EMRE launched what it calls a “significant” new program to research and develop advanced biofuels from photosynthetic algae that are compatible with today’s gasoline and diesel fuels. Viridos Inc.,

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CSA group and IPAC-CO2 propose bi-national standard for geologic storage of CO2

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

was established in 2009 as an environmental non-government organization (ENGO) with $14 million in funding from the Government of Saskatchewan, Royal Dutch Shell and the Government of Canada. IPAC-CO 2 Research Inc. provides independent performance and risk assessment and risk management of geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

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Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

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JUNE 1, 2010

In August 2009, at an ACS meeting symposium focused on the conversion and utilization of CO 2 for fuels and chemicals, Sandia researches noted that significant advances have been made in the field of solar thermochemical CO2-splitting technologies utilizing yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)-supported ferrite composites.

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Waste Solar Commercial CO2

IEA estimates energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010 highest in history; 80% of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already locked in

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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2010 Emissions 2020 CO2

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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APRIL 11, 2012

The Solar Thermal Electrochemical Production of CaO without CO 2 (STEP Cement) process is based on the STEP theory of an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, introduced by Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post , earlier post.).

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Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.7% last year

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JUNE 29, 2011

The decrease in average emissions in 2010 was lower than in 2009 (5.1%); the results in 2009 were possibly influenced by the economic crisis and the scrappage schemes in some member states. The average engine capacity of the cars sold in 2010 slightly increased compared to 2009.

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Emissions CO2 Scrappage 2009

Study finds global CO2 emissions back on the rise in 2010

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

In a paper published in Nature Geoscience , the authors found that despite the major financial crisis that hit the world last year, global CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuel in 2009 were only 1.3% lower in 2009 than in 2008. The 2009 drop in CO 2 emissions is less than half that anticipated a year ago. per year.

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2010 Global Emissions CO2

EC proposes 30% CO2 reduction from 2021 to 2030 for light-duty vehicles

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EU sales of new passenger cars relative to global sales have decreased from 34% before the financial crisis (2008/2009) to 20% today. To maintain market shares and to accelerate the transition towards low and zero emission vehicles, the Commission is proposing the new package of measures.

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EPA proposes CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In December 2009, the EPA Administrator found that the current and projected concentrations of greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare; one year later, EPA announced a proposed settlement agreement to issue rules that would address GHG pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired EGUs.

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Carbon Sciences to produce first samples of diesel fuel from methane and CO2 using catalytic dry reforming process

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JUNE 6, 2011

Dalai (2009). US Patent # 2009/0314993 A1. Catalyst for Production of Synthesis Gas (24 Dec 2009). 46 (13), pp 4444–4450 doi: 10.1021/ie070049e. Jianguo Zhang, Hui Wang and Ajay K. Kinetic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Ni-Co/Al-Mg-O Bimetallic Catalyst. 48 (2), pp 677–684 doi: 10.1021/ie801078p.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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JULY 14, 2009

It is estimated that the study will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2009, following which Denbury will evaluate external market conditions, the state of financing and construction of the proposed gasification projects, and make a decision as to whether or not they will take initial steps to build such a pipeline.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions declined 3.8% in 2012; transportation contributes 22% of decline in consumption

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

After 1990, only the recession year of 2009 saw a larger percentage emissions decrease than 2012. US energy-related CO 2 emissions dropped to their lowest level since 1994 and more than 12% below the recent 2007 peak, according to figures released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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2012 Transportation Emissions Energy

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

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AUGUST 8, 2011

If that goes well, they’ll operate it during a pilot test at the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership’s Cranfield site, where a Department of Energy-funded CO 2 injection project has been underway since 2009. The site’s three-kilometer deep reservoir has proven to be an ideal site for carbon sequestration.

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Energy CO2 Production Water

CO2 and Methane Emissions Continued Rise in 2008 Despite Economic Slump

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APRIL 24, 2009

A break in the close relation between population growth and CO2 growth would be a clear sign of progress in the inevitable need to limit atmospheric CO2. Tans (2009) A new look at atmospheric carbon dioxide. Atmospheric Environment , Volume 43, Issue 12, April 2009, Pages 2084-2086 doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.028.

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2008 CO2 Emissions Climate Change

CO2 emissions at highest levels in history

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MAY 31, 2011

You may have thought that we are starting to win the battle against carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – however, new figures from the International Energy Agency suggest the opposite is true. It finds that energy related CO2 emissions in 2010 were actually at their highest levels in history after a dip in 2009 and represented [.].

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CO2 Emissions 2009 2010

Mantra Venture Group and KC Cottrell Sign LOI for CO2 Electroreduction Reactor; CO2 to Products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO 2. KC Cottrell is currently in the construction phase of a pilot project that captures and purifies 1/2 tonne of CO 2 per day from an industrial power plant.

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CO2 Production Power Grid 2007

DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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MARCH 11, 2009

In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated. The validation phase (2005–2009) generally involves small-scale field tests and includes the PCOR Partnership lignite test. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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2009, earlier post. 2009), “Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether: From Greenhouse Gas to Renewable, Environmentally Carbon Neutral Fuels and Synthetic Hydrocarbons”. Carbon dioxide recycling in the methanol economy Source: Olah et al. Click to enlarge. —Methanol report. Goeppert, A. and Prakash, G.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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Emissions Global Industrial Industry

GWU Researcher Developing Efficient Solar Chemical Process for Generation of Energetic Molecules and Conversion of CO2

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Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Stuart Licht (2009) STEP (Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo) Generation of Energetic Molecules: A Solar Chemical Process to End Anthropogenic Global Warming. Click to enlarge. High temperature is accessible through excess solar heat.

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Solar Conversion CO2 2009

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 2.4% in 2011 while GDP rose

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Since 1949, the 2011 decline in coal generation of more 6% is second only to the decline in 2009 of almost 12%. and 3.2%, respectively) as these sectors rely heavily on electricity to meet their energy needs. As recently as 2005, coal’s share of electric power sector generation was more than 51%.

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2011 Emissions Energy CO2

UK New Car CO2 Emissions Drop by Biggest Ever Margin in 2009

China and India Nullify Global Reduction in CO2 Emissions in 2009

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

Study Finds Global CO2 Emissions Dropped 1.3% in 2009; Emissions in China and India Rose 9% and 6%

EIA Projects 5% Decrease in Fossil-Fuel-Based CO2 Emissions in 2009; Little Change in Emissions from Gasoline

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

UK new car CO2 emissions fell 3.5% in 2010 and more than 20% since 2000

Linde, BASF and RWE to invest additional 6M in long-term test of CO2 scrubbing project

Tesla’s 2023 regulatory credits generate $1.79 billion in revenue

JATO Dyanmics Finds Overall Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 Improvement of 2.8% from 2008 to 2009, Based on EPA Data

EPA reports decline in CO2 and increase in fuel economy from new US LDVs in 2009; projects increase in new hybrid vehicle share to 4.3% in 2010

EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

CO2 emissions down from 2008 to 2009

Final EPA report shows total US GHG emissions up 3.2% in 2010, total CO2 up 3.5%, total transportation CO2 up 1%

EU publishes CO2 derogations to Cars and CO2 regulation for car manufacturers

The Volvo Group enters partnership with WWF to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

Viridos executes agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels toward commercial levels

CSA group and IPAC-CO2 propose bi-national standard for geologic storage of CO2

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

IEA estimates energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010 highest in history; 80% of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already locked in

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.7% last year

Study finds global CO2 emissions back on the rise in 2010

EC proposes 30% CO2 reduction from 2021 to 2030 for light-duty vehicles

EPA proposes CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants

Carbon Sciences to produce first samples of diesel fuel from methane and CO2 using catalytic dry reforming process

Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions declined 3.8% in 2012; transportation contributes 22% of decline in consumption

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

CO2 and Methane Emissions Continued Rise in 2008 Despite Economic Slump

CO2 emissions at highest levels in history

Mantra Venture Group and KC Cottrell Sign LOI for CO2 Electroreduction Reactor; CO2 to Products

DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

GWU Researcher Developing Efficient Solar Chemical Process for Generation of Energetic Molecules and Conversion of CO2

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 2.4% in 2011 while GDP rose

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