Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2017
In 2015, the EU greenhouse gas emissions increased only slightly, despite the strongest annual economic growth (+ 2.2%) in the EU since 2007 and following a 4% decrease in emissions in 2014. The United Kingdom showed the largest decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2012
This is consistent with the low sulfur fuel used in road transport in the UK and the high sulfur coal-fired power stations in use. Approximately half of those who died on UK roads in 2007 were under 40, implying a loss of life of ?35 Barrett (2012) Public Health Impacts of Combustion Emissions in the United Kingdom.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 28, 2009
Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “ 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.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2013
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. Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2009
The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.
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