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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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Comparison of relative contributions from various sources to total BC emissions between China and other countries/regions including India, North America, and Africa. For the remaining sources, the following fuel consumption data were used: national data from the United Nations Statistics Division (1949?1970); Earlier post.).

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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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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The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. According to national statistics, in 2013 total oil consumption in transport increased somewhat by 0.5%, relative to 2012 levels. billion tonnes (Gt).

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NREL LCA Harmonization Project delivers meta-analyses of lifecycle GHG emissions for energy technologies

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Analysts at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed harmonized meta-analyses of lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions from coal, wind, solar and other energy technologies. Also helping with the findings were subcontractors and researchers from the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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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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The report, which is based on recent results from the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) and latest statistics for energy use and other activities, shows large national differences between industrialised countries. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 Source: JRC. Click each to enlarge.

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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

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For comparison, if those countries were to have the same motorization rate per capita as the United States of America currently, the number of vehicles would increase by nearly 40 times for India and Nigeria, and 8 times for China. The imperative for green investments could not be stronger. —“Clear the Air for Children”. Lyapustin, A.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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These gases come from human activities such as combustion of coal and oil as well as natural sources such as emissions from plants. A comparison of regional to global model projections shows that the global model is biased high in surface ozone compared to the regional model and compared to observations.

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