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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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Coal’s market share of 30.3% Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% globally, and 8.4% more as natural gas was diverted to Asia.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014.

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Fossil Fuel Production Up in 2008 Despite Recession

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World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% in 2008 to reach 27.4 In the first half of the year, producers strained to meet global demand, but when the recession took hold later in the year the market was swamped by excess supply. Coal has led the growth in fossil fuel production.

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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

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About a third of the airborne lead particles collected at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area came from Asia, a finding that underscores the far-flung impacts of air pollution and heralds a new way to learn more about its journey across vast distances. —John Christensen. One site was on Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County.

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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The 2014 database covers the period from 2008 to 2013, with the majority of values for the years 2011 and 2012. Globally, annual PM 10 levels are estimated to increase by 6% during the recent three? Measurements reported by the following regional networks were used: the Asian Clean Air Initiative for Asia, and Airbase for Europe.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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BC emissions from Asia have been identified as a major cause of changing monsoon, the occurrence of the atmospheric brown cloud, and the retreat of Tibetan glaciers, in addition to impacting global temperature rise. 2007); and predicted national data from the National Long-term Development Plan (NLDP) (2008?2050).

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally. We are already facing serious ramifications of fossil fuel emissions.

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