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APRIL 16, 2015

The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. Industry and manufacturing were the third largest source, at 21%. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9%

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JANUARY 24, 2012

In a paper published this month in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering , Paul Stott and Dr Peter Wright of Newcastle University, UK, suggest that the $6-billion Panama Canal expansion program offers the marine industry as a whole an opportunity to reduce its environmental impact. —Paul Stott.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Reaction Design one of seven awards for a project intended to support the full-scale implementation and operation of highly efficient coal-based power generation technologies with near-zero emissions. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period. billion tonnes in 2007). After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. Source: JRC. Click each to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In addition, EPA said it is working with state, tribal, and local governments, industry and labor leaders, non-profits, and others to establish CO 2 standards for existing power plants. The proposed rulemaking establishes separate standards for natural gas and coal plants. Background. In the decision in Massachusetts v.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. Coal’s share of total electricity generation in the power sector fell from 54% in 1990 to 34% in 2015. between 2014 and 2015.

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MARCH 12, 2014

Back in 2007, ethanol was viewed as a way to cut gasoline consumption and U.S. Coal Industry For $50 Billion.' dependence on foreign oil. It was then seen as such a panacea that Congress enacted volume requirements for the amount of ethanol in U.S. gasoline stretching all the way to 2025. But times change.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That report, authored by group co-chairs, Agriculture and Energy Secretaries Vilsack and Chu, and EPA Administrator Jackson, lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or exceed the nation’s biofuels targets. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

It is a well established fact that the amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased rapidly since the industrial revolution. The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations is mainly caused by the way in which coal, oil and natural gas are being used and by deforestation. The most recent was published in 2007.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Estimated consumption subsidies, industrial and developing countries, fossil fuels and renewables. In 2010, developing countries spent roughly $193 billion, or 47% of all fossil fuel consumption subsidies, on oil while industrial countries spent roughly $28 billion. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge. in 2020 and 5.8%

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MAY 14, 2018

The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. —Prof Guan.

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MAY 6, 2010

Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8% Increased use of natural gas in place of coal caused the sector’s carbon intensity to decrease.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Increased energy can also come, and will come, from better uses of oil shale, coal, our forests, and our streams. American innovation has given us the greatest industrial capacity on Earth. Much later, in 2007, US Rep. We must use our technology and our technological daring to solve our present energy problems.

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JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. Projected consumption assumes efficiency improvements in powertrain and vehicle are offset by increases in performance, size and weight.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

in 2012 was primarily due to a decline in electricity and fuel demand from the basic materials industry, and aided by an increase in renewable energy and by energy efficiency improvements. This is in contrast to most preceding years since 2007, in which annual oil consumption decreased by 2.2% in 2013 and 3.4%

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MARCH 27, 2012

Although emissions vary by plant and with the specific type of fuel, EPA provided illustrative examples of CO 2 emissions from EGUs: Conventional coal: 1,800 lbs CO 2 /MWh. Coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS): 200 lbs CO 2 /MWh. A company could build a coal?fired On 2 April 2007, in the Massachusetts v. Background.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Private equity fund Pacific Road has agreed to acquire 10% of underground coal gasification (UCG) company Carbon Energy Limited from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO in an off-market trade. Pacific Road Capital is a private equity manager which invests in the global mining industry. interest in the Company on 30 June 2008.

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MAY 26, 2022

One hundred and forty years ago, Thomas Edison began generating electricity at two small coal-fired stations, one in London ( Holborn Viaduct ), the other in New York City ( Pearl Street Station ). 1970 , and electricity generation reached a plateau, at about 4,000 TWh per year, in 2007.

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JUNE 26, 2009

For the first time, the share of global CO 2 emissions from developing countries is slightly higher (50.3%) than from industrialized countries (46.6%) and international transport (3.2%) together. In particular in the US, where gasoline prices almost doubled in the summer of 2008 compared to 2007 levels, oil consumption dropped 7% decrease.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Using data from national statistical offices, they found that China’s export-related industrial production rose by an average of 26% per year from 2002 to 2007. Data from the China Electricity Council shows that annual electric power generating capacity rose from 350 GW in 2002 to more than 505 GW in 2007. Guan et al.

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MAY 21, 2009

Major funding for the projects came from Industry Canada through Genome Canada and the Government of Alberta through Alberta Advanced Education and Technology. It is one of 6 similar Genome Centers across Canada funded in part by Industry Canada through Genome Canada. Genome Alberta announced C$25.2 million (US$22.2

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APRIL 19, 2012

concentration due to combustion emissions from (a) power generation; (b) commercial, institutional, residential, and agricultural sources; (c) industry; (d) road transport; (e) other transport; and (f) all UK combustion sources. impact, which can be compared to figures of 10% for industry to 62% for power generation. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

and SGCE have been working together since 2007 under a memorandum of understanding. Under the terms of the JDA, SGCE will have lead responsibility for commercializing the Group’s FT technology for BTL, WTL and Coal-to-Liquids applications. MW heat and 2 MW electricity for domestic and industrial customers. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2011

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. million) when it was started in 2007. Linde, BASF and German power utility RWE will invest a further €6 million (US$8.3 Earlier post.) million (US$6.2

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

This partnership expands use of GM’s 8L long-block engine, originally intended for industrial and marine markets, to new on-highway applications of up to 33,000 lb GVW (gross vehicle weight). PERC identifies more than 13 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 as propane-fueled.) to produce LPG as a byproduct of gasoline production.

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MAY 30, 2012

For example, near-term CCS technology applied to coal-fired power plants is projected to reduce the net output of the plant by some 30% and to increase the cost of electricity by 60–80%. Calculations show that for a coal-fired power plant, that could amount to approximately 30% of total energy generated.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 With additional fleet turnover, EPA expects these reductions to grow to 80% by the year 2030.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The use of coal as a fuel has now surpassed oil and developing countries now emit more greenhouse gases than developed countries, with a quarter of their growth in emissions accounted for by increased trade with the West. Emissions from coal are now the dominant fossil fuel emission source, surpassing 40 years of oil emission prevalence.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

The team used the lead particles’ isotopic signature to trace some of the lead’s origins to coal and metal ore found only in Asia. “ This work shows that we can use lead as a tracer for airborne particles within the growing Asian industrial plume. —John Christensen. One site was on Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Energy use per 2005 dollar of gross domestic product (GDP) declines by 46% from 2011 to 2040 in AEO2013 as a result of a continued shift from manufacturing to services (and, even within manufacturing, to less energy-intensive manufacturing industries), rising energy prices, and the adoption of policies that promote energy efficiency.

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MARCH 24, 2009

In April 2007, the Supreme Court concluded in Massachusetts v. The Agency has also received public comments seeking the addition of GHGs to the pollutants covered by the new source performance standard (NSPS) for several industrial sectors under section 111 of the CAA. The Committee began an investigation. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 16, 2014

The major contributors to the decrease in emissions from 2011-2012 were the decrease in energy consumption across all sectors in the US economy, and the decrease in carbon intensity for electricity generation due to fuel switching from coal to natural gas. Commercial aircraft emissions have decreased 19% since 2007. Tg CO 2 Eq.

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APRIL 24, 2009

parts per million (ppm) increase in 2007. Total global concentrations topped 386 ppm, compared to 280 ppm before the industrial revolution began in the 1800s. Emerging from that natural variability is a consistent upward trend produced by burning coal, oil, and gas for transportation and industry.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Predominant sources are combustion related; namely, fossil fuels for transportation, solid fuels for industrial and residential uses, and open burning of biomass. This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

This industry-wide cooperation will achieve real progress in finding sustainable fuel alternatives. Synthetic liquid jet fuels can be made from biomass, natural gas or coal. Qatar Petroleum is a state-owned corporation responsible for all phases of the oil and gas industry in Qatar. All of these are known as xTL fuels.

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MAY 14, 2020

However, even before the effects of COVID-19 became apparent in mid-March, EIA had expected a decline in 2020 energy-related emissions, generally consistent with the trend of lower US CO 2 emissions since their peak in 2007. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

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