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APRIL 4, 2011

Gas-flaring countries and trends. A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Gas Equatorial Guinea Gas-Electric 260

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). million lives lost each year due to black carbon soot.

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Micronesia Pollution Ozone Global 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

If we want to achieve a 100% carbon-free economy by 2050, we have to create our own supply of these materials, including alternatives here at home in America. At present, the US relies on imports from nations such as China and the Democratic Republic of Congo for these critical materials. —Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

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Supplies Congo Clean Cleaning 321