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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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to 1.9%) in 2022 as the COVID recovery continues amidst turmoil in energy markets. Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. Turmoil in energy markets. The turmoil in the global energy markets is affecting the different fossil fuels in different ways. increase in 2021.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Global energy intensity, 1981-2010. Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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EIA Estimates 2.1% Growth in Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in US in 2010; Still Below 1999-2008 Levels

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates in the April 2010 release of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 6.6% in 2011 as economic growth fuels higher energy consumption. EIA projects that world oil consumption will grow by 1.5

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Energy Markets in a State of Change. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Billion in 2008).

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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says

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A new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows strong growth in new geothermal power projects continuing through 2009. MW of power to the US geothermal energy output. The report found a total of 144 projects under development that could add between 4,699.9 and 7,109.9 million people.

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NYC Goes EV

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The policy, intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption, is geared to a nation where most people rely on cars for transportation. In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. million metric tons of transportation emissions in 2008. billion in stimulus grants to the industry.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. All of these issues are contributing to excess capacity in the industry. Earlier post.).