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Asahi India Glass partners INOX Air Products to procure green hydrogen for upcoming float glass facility in Rajasthan | Autocar Professional

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With a key focus on sustainability, AIS aims to leverage green hydrogen to reduce CO2 emissions to the tune of 25,000MT over two decades from this plant. INOX Air Products will supply green hydrogen to power AIS’ new float glass facility that will have an monthly capacity of up to 17,000MT.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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Some production activities are relocating from China and India to other developing countries, such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, particularly for raw materials and intermediate goods production in energy-intensive sectors. It found that trade among developing nations—South-South trade—more than doubled between 2004 and 2011.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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China saw new registrations of LDVs increase 17% per year in the period 2005 to 2017 while India saw an increase of 9% and Indonesia 7%. In contrast, the improvement of fuel use per kilometer in emerging economies accelerated to 2.3%.

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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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Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Emissions are increasing in other developing countries: 6% for Indonesia and Malaysia; 9% for Pakistan and 12% for the Philippines. India does not show yet any decoupling of their emissions growth from their economic growth, unlike Brazil, where emissions fell by 6%. Also in Eurasia emissions grew in Turkey (5%) and Ukraine (8%).

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USGS scientist concludes that anthropogenic CO2 emissions dwarf those from volcanoes

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As he notes in the Eos article, “ Supereruptions are extremely rare, with recurrence intervals of 100,000-200,000 years; none have occurred historically, the most recent examples being the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago in Indonesia and the Yellowstone caldera eruption in the United States 2 million years ago. ”.

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Researchers show oil palm plantation expansion a significant source of CO2; projected to contribute more than all of Canada’s current fossil fuel emissions by 2020

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Indonesia is the leading producer of palm and palm kernel oil. Most of Indonesia’s oil palm plantation expansion is occurring on the island of Borneo, also known as Kalimantan, which occupies a land area nearly the size California and Florida combined.

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