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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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Black carbon emissions and BC emissions intensity per year. A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 teragrams per year in 2007 (+72%). Among their findings: The residential sector is the most important anthropogenic BC emission source.

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Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions

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John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute shows that transportation is overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO 2. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector increased at an average rate of 1.8% 12-month running averages for transportation and electricity generation since late 2014.

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EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport increased for the second year in a row in 2015; on-road up 1.6%

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Total European Union greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.5% Transport was a key reason for that increase: better fuel efficiency in that sector was not enough to counter the effects of an increasing demand for transport. Emissions from aviation, representing about 4% of the EU total emissions, increased by 3.3%

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 4.8 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 dropped 2.7% in 2015; of end-use sectors, only transportation increased

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According to a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US energy-related CO 2 emissions decreased by 146 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2015 to 5,259 MMmt, down 2.7% from 5,405 MMmt in 2014. Energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2015 were about 12% below 2005 levels. from 2014 levels. between 2014 and 2015.

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US new-vehicle fuel economy drops again in September

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) This decline likely reflects the increased proportion of light trucks among the vehicles sold, they suggested. mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 5.1 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in US dropped in August

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but still down 0.2 mpg reached in August 2014. The value for August is up 5.2 mpg from the peak of 25.5 in June 2017, up from 0.82 in June 2017, up from 0.82