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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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Global CO 2. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. Indexed global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

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Natural gas is the fastest-growing fossil fuel, as global supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane increase. In the Reference case, all the growth in liquids use is in the transportation and industrial sectors. To satisfy the increase in world liquids demand in the Reference case, liquids production increases by 28.3

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GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

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Despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2% in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 Emissions from coal are now the dominant fossil fuel emission source, surpassing 40 years of oil emission prevalence. Global carbon budget 2008. Le Quéré C et al.

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USGS assessment finds mean CO2 storage potential of 3,000 gigatonnes in US

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metric gigatons of energy-related CO 2 , while the global emissions of energy-related CO 2 totaled 31.6 As an acceptable condition for US government support for public financing of new coal plants overseas. The assessment comes on the heels of a national climate action plan announced by President Obama. Earlier post.). metric gigatons.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

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The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. quadrillion Btu in 2035 in the AEO2011 Reference case, slightly lower than the 32.5

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Study Finds Doubling of Atmospheric CO2 from Pre-Industrial Levels Could Result in Dissolution of Coral Reefs

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In the absence of strong policy, atmospheric CO2 will reach 550 ppm in several decades. Coral reefs may be the canary in the coal mine.” —Ken Coral bleaching refers to the loss of symbiotic algae that are essential for healthy growth of coral colonies. Aragonite saturation at different atmospheric CO 2 concentrations.

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US EIA Projects World Energy Use to Grow 44% Between 2006 and 2030, CO2 Emissions Up by 39%

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World marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 44% between 2006 and 2030, driven by strong long-term economic growth in the developing nations of the world, according to the reference case projection from the International Energy Outlook 2009 ( IEO2009 ) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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