Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 Five new nuclear reactors were connected to the grid in China, increasing its nuclear generation by 25%.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of a visit at a major textile dyeing factory, his customer took him behind the buildings to show a horrific scene: A blood-red river—wastewater from the dye baths leaching into the soil and entering the rivers. Dyeing also generates 20 percent of industrial water pollution (the second main cause on a global level).

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Water Energy Pollution Bangladesh 67

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2011

The severe earthquakes that shook the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in February and in June (the third time since autumn 2010) are not connected with the Japanese quake. Moreover, buildings that had sustained damage in September 2010 were now completely destroyed by the tremors. Economic losses from the 6.3

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