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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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A study lead by researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has found a 1.4-gigatonne The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type. The provincial aggregation is the higher figure.) Source: Guan et al.

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Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

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Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum have formed a joint venture with the aim of delivering locally produced MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts to the Chinese market. According to statistics from the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association (CNFIA), in 2019, the installed capacity for methanol production in China reached 89.9

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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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W/m 2 before 2100 without overshoot by employment of a range of technologies and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.). As a result, we estimate an additional 12,100 and 8,900 Chinese (95% confidence interval: 10,300 to 13,800 and 2,300 to 14,700, respectively) will die per year from PM 2.5 (The RCP 4.5 Hong et al.

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Charlie Munger argues Tesla is losing to BYD in China

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In an interview with CNBC , Munger argued that the Chinese automaker is dominating its American counterpart, Tesla, in China. Thanks to its massive number of affordable offerings, BYD constitutes most of the Chinese EV market. Berkshire has made over 600% gain on that single investment. BYD increased its prices. million sales.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Statistical analysis was carried out on the data, in order to calculate peak and high ozone levels and to interpret trends and changes in the data. TOAR has created a large publicly available database which also includes a complete set of statistics and graphical downloads. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. In 2013, the Chinese per capita CO 2 level of 7.4 After years of a steady decline, the CO 2 emissions of the United States grew by 2.5%

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Advertising charging piles are ushering in new opportunities

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The automotive industry is one of the main areas in the global governance of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve the goal of “carbon neutrality and carbon peaking”, the Chinese government is further promoting the accelerated development of the new energy vehicle industry. 1, the Chinese market will reach 3.8