2018 Climate Coal Light 
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JANUARY 8, 2020
The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% This decline was due almost entirely to a drop in coal consumption. Coal-fired power generation fell by a record 18% year-on-year to its lowest level since 1975. Coal-driven decline.
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APRIL 17, 2021
Total GHG emissions decreased from 2018 to 2019 by 1.7% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). from 2018 to 2019, and CO 2 emissions just from fossil fuel combustion decreased 2.7% from 2018 to 2019. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e., CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2%
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MARCH 22, 2019
In 2018, the transportation sector’s consumption accounted for 78% of US CO 2 emissions from petroleum and more than one-third of all US energy-related CO 2 emissions. Natural gas surpassed coal to become the most prevalent fuel used to generate electricity in the United States in 2016.
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MAY 21, 2020
It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. Producers of so-called blue, gray and brown hydrogen use either fossil fuels (natural gas or coal) or low-temperature gasification (. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important. This is game-changing technology.
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APRIL 18, 2022
Hydrogen production as mentioned above is based on electrolysis, a chemical process that produces hydrogen which is a universal, light, and highly reactive fuel. According to the International Energy Agency, global demand for hydrogen as a fuel has quadrupled since 1975, reaching 70 million tonnes per year in 2018.
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JANUARY 29, 2022
Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these residential loads “devices,” which can range from lights and televisions to water heaters and air conditioners. Mads Almassalkhi et al., 6, November 2021.
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AUGUST 20, 2022
Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.
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