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coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. In China in 2013, the leading source contribution to deaths attributable to PM 2.5

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Pollution Coal 2016 India 218

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MAY 29, 2012

These scenarios show that, even more modest and realistic goals require near universal participation of major greenhouse gas emitters, Paltsev says. From 2000 to 2010, China’s energy use grew 130%, up from a growth of 50% the previous decade.

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Climate Change MIT Climate Tax 324

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Emission rates of BC in the year 2000 by region, indicating major source categories in each region. Total global emissions of black carbon using bottom-up inventory methods are 7500 Gg yr -1 in the year 2000 with an uncertainty range of 2000 to 29000. Source: Bond et al. Click to enlarge. W m -2 (+0.17 W m -2 range). Bond et al.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2 286

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AUGUST 29, 2013

2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. The largest impact was seen in the east-central United States and in the Midwest: Eastern power plants tend to use coal with higher sulfur content than Western plants. Barrett (2013) Air pollution and early deaths in the United States. related and ?2,000

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MIT Emissions Ozone Power 378

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. F of warming.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The IPCC is expected to release revised reference emissions within the next few years, so that they can be used in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), slated for completion in 2013. Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236