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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The IEA said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades.

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Global 2012 Energy Oil 225

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In India, falling inflation, lower interest rates, energy prices and a regained confidence will help lift the car market into growth mode starting in 2015 after a two-year lull. North America. North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. from last year.

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2015 Light Market Global 150

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JULY 20, 2012

Weak economic conditions, a mild winter, and energy. savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas.

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Jack Rosebro, founder of Perfect Sky in Los Angeles [and a contributor to Green Car Congress ], spoke of the need for government policy makers to move beyond incremental changes that are not providing enough incentive for the market to produce alternatives to oil as the almost exclusive source of energy for road and rail transportation.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Los Angeles Canada 186

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

These charges echo those in a complaint against the LCFS filed by two ethanol trade groups—the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy—in December 2009. The LCFS violates the Supremacy clause, according to the complaint, because it conflicts with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), Pub. Earlier post.).

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California Oil-Sands Oil 2005 199

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AUGUST 15, 2010

—Bergerson and Keith The authors note that while some sources claim that the oil sands are up to 5 times more emissions intensive than conventional oil, others claim that they are as low as 10% more intensive. Keith (2006) Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies (Paper No. 11 of the Alberta Energy Futures Project).

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Coal 225

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Energy demand growth moves to Asia. The newly released 2013 edition of the IEA World Energy Outlook (WEO) depicts a world in which some long-held tenets of the energy sector are being rewritten; importers are becoming exporters, while exporters are among the major sources of growing demand. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions 275