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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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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 dashed line represents the aggregated CO2 emissions calculated from the provincial energy statistics 1997–2010. The column chart presents the 1.4? Source: Guan et al. Click to enlarge.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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For the remaining sources, the following fuel consumption data were used: national data from the United Nations Statistics Division (1949?1970); 1979); provincial data from the China Energy Statistics Yearbook (CESY) (1980?2007); 1970); national data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (1971? 2007 were used in this study.

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DOE Selects Seven Projects for University Coal Research Program

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The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. The projects aim to improve the basic understanding of the chemical and physical processes that govern coal conversion and utilization, by-product utilization, and technological development for advanced energy systems.

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Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

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—Professor Shaddick, Chair of Data Science & Statistics at the University of Exeter. Major sources of fine particulate matter air pollution include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants. —Professor Shaddick. Shaddick, G., Thomas, M.L.,

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Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

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The base results from a study by a team at the Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory indicate that shale gas life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are 6% lower than conventional natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline, and 33% lower than coal. However, the environmental impacts (e.g., —Burnham et al.

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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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It increases future risk for heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease for today’s children when they become adults. These increases in deaths from ambient air pollution reflect increasing emissions from cars, trucks, and buses, as well as the widespread use of coal to generate electricity in India. It is reducing children’s IQ.

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Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

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Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. annual increase over the next three decades), and global fuels consumption (solid gray, 2018 value taken from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy).

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