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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency, signaling a continuing decoupling of emissions and economic activity. This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes ...
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Keystone XL Opposition not based on Reason or Climate Change but on EU Carbon Markets looking to Expand in US EU Free Trade say Friends of Science
Multi-trillion dollar mission-based investment funds in climate change to theoretically stop global warming pushed by the dying EU carbon market are the real motivators behind the anti-Keystone rhetoric flying around the United States, say Friends of Science. “EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard remarks appear to be misinformed on the science,” says Len Maier, president of ...
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Growth of carbon market in India depends on government strategy
The growing pressure on countries to address climate change has given rise to a multi-million dollar international market for buying and selling emissions of greenhouse gases. Under the Kyoto Protocol which came into force in February 2005, industrialized countries agreed to collectively reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 5 percent by 2012 compared to 1990 levels. They can reduce emissions ...
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