CO2 emissions data News
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Car and van makers continue to meet CO2 emission targets ahead of schedule
A new EEA report, 'Monitoring CO2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2013' presents final data for both vehicle types, updating preliminary data published earlier this year. The average passenger car sold in 2013 emitted 126.7 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger kilometre (g CO2/km), already below the legal threshold of 130 g CO2/km to be fully reached by 2015. Similarly, the average ...
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Intelex 3.2 Takes Business Performance Management to a New Level of Innovation and Efficiency
Toronto, ON – November 15, 2005 – Intelex Technologies Inc., the leader in EQH&S Business Performance Management (BPM) software, today announced that Intelex 3.2 is now available. This release represents the next major step forward for the Intelex system with the introduction of a host of new configurable features and the Intelex Forms Builder (iForms) module. Two of the ...
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Carbon Market Data publishes key figures on the European emissions trading scheme for the year 2008
Carbon Market Data, a European company providing carbon market research and IT services, issued a data summary on the recent release of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme‘s 2008 verified emissions reports.Based on Carbon Market Data calculations, the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) installations were short by 145 Mt in 2008 (they emitted 145 million tonnes CO2 more than they were allowed). This ...
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Carbon Market Data publishes key figures on the European emissions trading scheme for the year 2012
Carbon Market Data, a European company providing carbon market research and IT services, issued a data summary on the recent release of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme‘s 2012 verified emissions reports. Based on Carbon Market Data calculations, the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) installations were long by 164 Mt in 2012 (they emitted 164 million tonnes CO2 less than their number of ...
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Leading global investors call on car manufacturers to provide greater transparency on risks from climate change
Institutional investors released new climate disclosure guidelines for the auto industry today and called on car manufacturers to strengthen their reporting on the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. The appeal to car manufacturers comes as the Obama Administration announces plans to consider developing a single federal policy for regulating emissions from vehicles. Investors ...
By Ceres
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Verdantix announces smart vendors of Carbon Management Software
Firms and large public sector organizations face increasing pressure from energy costs and climate change regulations to measure, manage and analyze energy and carbon dioxide emissions data. To resolve this cost and compliance challenge a new report from Verdantix, the independent business research firm, highlights ten “Smart Vendors” that offer software solutions for carbon ...
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The Sniffers proudly receives corporate award from Petrobras
The Sniffers is pleased to receive a corporate award from Petrobras for leak detection in their natural gas processing plants. The project consisted of infrared screening followed by quantification of the leaks. Our SFEMP software was used for the management of data. Reduction of CO2 emissions and cost reduction were achieved, which were crucial KPI’s for the customer. We would like to ...
By The Sniffers
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CO2 emissions from new vans – revised data
In 2012, the average new van sold in the European Union emitted 180.2 g of carbon dioxide for every kilometre travelled, which is close to the 175 g CO2/km target to be gradually phased in between next year and 2017. This target will initially apply to 70 % of new light commercial vehicles in 2014, increasing to 100 % of these vehicles from 2017 onwards. As with new cars sold in the EU, each ...
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Fuel economy increases as CO2 decreases
For the fifth consecutive year, EPA is reporting an increase in fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for new cars and light duty trucks. This marks the first time that data for CO2 emissions are included in the annual report, “Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2009”. “American ...
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Carbon Emissions from Advanced Economies Set To Rise in 2018 for First Time in Five Years, Reversing a Declining Trend
The world’s advanced economies will see an uptick in their carbon dioxide emissions this year, bucking a five year-long decline, according to the International Energy Agency.Based on the latest available energy data, energy-related CO2 emissions in North America, the European Union and other advanced economies in Asia Pacific grew, as higher oil and gas use more than offset declining coal ...
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EPA releases the 2010 fuel economy trends report/carbon dioxide decreases as fuel economy increases (HQ)
For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting a decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a slight increase in the average fuel efficiency for new cars and light duty trucks, according to EPA’s annual report “Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2010”. EPA ...
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Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide stalled in 2014
Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn. "This gives me even more hope that humankind will be able to work together to combat climate change, the most ...
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CO2 emissions from new vehicles in Europe continued to decrease in 2014
Vehicles sold in the European Union in 2014 were, on average, 2.5% more efficient than those sold the previous year, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report, which updates the preliminary data published earlier this year, tracks progress towards CO2 emission targets for new passenger cars and vans. According to the EEA report Monitoring CO2 emissions from ...
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CO2 emissions booming, shifting east, researchers report
Despite widespread concern about climate change, annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in 2007. At the same time, the source of emissions has shifted dramatically as energy use has been growing slowly in many developed countries but more quickly in some developing ...
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IEA calls for “Clean Energy New Deal” to stimulate global economy and combat climate change
“The global economic slowdown must be viewed as an opportunity, not a distraction from efforts to mitigate climate change. Countries planning fiscal stimulus packages should invest in energy efficiency and clean technologies to build sustainable energy infrastructure.” said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today at the UN climate talks (COP14) in Poznan, ...
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Picarro Reveals Carbon Emissions in Davos from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
World Economic Forum —Picarro, the world's leading provider of instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements, today announced results from its City Carbon project, demonstrating measurements of near real-time carbon emission estimates from the city of Davos, Switzerland before and during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting. Analysis of the ...
By Picarro, Inc
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