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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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Global fossil CO 2 emissions are expected to grow 1.0% (with an uncertainty range of 0.1% Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. Global fossil CO 2 emissions have now grown 0.6% CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% increase in 2021.

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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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million metric tons, will avoid the emission of 3.5 As part of its tkH2Steel transformation project, coal-based blast furnaces will be replaced by hydrogen-powered direct reduction plants. Thus, the Duisburg steelworks is continuing to boil steel as in the past—but with hydrogen and green power instead of coal.

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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.

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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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Steel is one of the main sources of CO 2 emissions in our supply chain. This will reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain by 900,000 tonnes per year, while at the same time driving the transformation of the steel industry.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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US energy-related CO 2 emissions declined by 2.8% CO 2 emissions had increased by 2.9% Because of continuing trends in how much energy the US economy uses and how much CO 2 that energy use generates, energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2019 fell more than energy consumption, which declined by 0.9%

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EIA projects US energy-related CO2 emissions to remain near current level through 2050; increased natural gas consumption

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Carbon dioxide emissions from S energy consumption will remain near current levels through 2050, according to projections in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019. USenergy-related carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuel energy consumption. Energy-related CO 2 emissions generally follow energy consumption trends.

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RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

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Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. —Reiner Blaschek, CEO ArcelorMittal Germany.

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