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Worldwatch Institute: global biofuel production fell in 2012 for first time since 2000

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In 2012, the combined global production of ethanol and biodiesel fell for the first time since 2000, down 0.4% billion liters (951 million gallons), while Argentina took second place with 2.8 billion of this was in industrial nations and $1.2 World ethanol and biodiesel production. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge.

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Ford joins voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program in India; first automaker

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The company already participates in similar programs in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. India’s program is a joint effort between the World Resources Institute, The Energy and Resources Institute and the Confederation of Indian Industry. million metric tons, since 2000.

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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook projects global ethanol production to increase 67% over next 10 years to 44B gallons

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Global ethanol production has fallen in calendar year 2012 for the first time since 2000, due to declines in the United States and in Brazil. The biodiesel market will be dominated by the EU and more marginally by US, Argentina and Brazil. RFS2 and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), respectively).

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New EIA report boosts estimates of global recoverable shale oil resources 10-fold to 345 billion barrels

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Within the US, industry typically refers to tight oil production rather than shale oil production, because it is a more encompassing and accurate term with respect to the geologic formations producing oil at any particular well. (ARI) Algeria, Argentina, and Mexico), providing significantly more data for the 2013 study, EIA said.

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Evidence from glacier ice: Until it was banned, leaded gasoline dominated the anthropogenic lead emissions in South America

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Before the use of leaded gasoline (period AD 0–1960), lead emissions from mining activities were dominant, especially during periods of the pre-Colombian cultures Tiwanaku/Wari and the Incas, the colonial era and with the increasing industrialization in the 20th century (brown, blue). Picture: Paul Scherrer Institute. Resources. Eichler, G.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. The challenge now is to implement gigatonne scale reductions across the economy, in power generation, energy efficiency, transport and industry, as well as REDD+ in forested nations. a year from now to 2050.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. percentage points for the N=2000 survey, 19 times out of 20, had all citizens been polled.