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MAY 15, 2015

Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Regulations for natural gas-fired electricity, which would build on Canada’s existing coal-fired electricity regulations. lower than 2005 levels while the economy grew by 12.9%

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). GHG emissions (grams CO 2 -eq)/VMT by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The analysis by researchers in the US and Europe estimates anthropogenic global and regional sulfur dioxide emissions spanning the period 1850–2005 using a bottom-up mass balance method, calibrated to country-level inventory data. Since 1980, the fraction of sulfur coming from petroleum (50%) and coal (30%) has remained constant.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Carbon emissions associated with increased exports from China (left), as part of a more systematic view of increased national emissions (right), 2002 to 2005. Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “

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2002 2005 Emissions Carbon 170

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APRIL 16, 2014

According to the report, GHG emissions in 2012 showed a 10% drop below 2005 levels, and were only slightly above the emissions in 1994 (6,520 million metric tons). These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

The green ammonia will replace approximately 850,000 tons of coal and help reduce more than 2 million tons of CO 2 from being emitted to the atmosphere every year, along with 6.4 Mintal Group was founded in 2005, is active within the metallurgical industry and is an advanced high carbon ferrochrome producer in China.

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JULY 6, 2011

has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. UOP and Total announced their partnership on this in 2005. China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co.,

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APRIL 16, 2015

The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9% from 1990 to 2013. CO 2 emissions from LDVs totaled 1,028.0

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3% globally, and 8.4%

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Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia 261

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APRIL 15, 2019

This decrease was largely driven by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors including a continued shift from coal to natural gas and increased use of renewables in the electric power sector, and milder weather that contributed to less overall electricity use.

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2017 EPA Transportation 2005 199

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The company had previously committed to cut methane emissions from its natural gas operations by 50% between 2010 and 2030 and carbon emissions from its power generating facilities by 80% between 2005 and 2050. Dominion currently has cut carbon emissions approximately 50% since 2005 and reduced methane emissions by nearly 25% since 2010.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power 207

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APRIL 26, 2013

The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) has released an update to a 2005 paper published in the Electricity Journal that explored the beneficial externalities associated with using geothermal power instead of fossil fuels by comparing emissions levels of different fuel sources. The 2005 paper found roughly 1.6

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Energy 2005 Coal Pollution 252

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MARCH 11, 2009

A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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Coal CO2 North Dakota South Dakota 150

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion was a result of multiple factors, including a continued shift from coal to natural gas, increased use of renewables in the electric power sector, and milder weather that contributed to less overall electricity use. below 2005 levels. above 1990 levels in 2007.

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2017 2016 Emissions EPA 262

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MARCH 27, 2017

Energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2015 were about 12% below 2005 levels. Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. as other factors more than offset the growth in GDP.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are the major sources of anthropogenic mercury emissions to air.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Most of the two countries’ sulfur dioxide emissions come from coal-fired power plants and coal-burning factories.

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India 2007 Emissions Aura 170

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JULY 3, 2013

The Advanced Fossil Energy Projects solicitation, authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 through Section 1703 of the Loan Guarantee Program, will be open for comments from industry, stakeholders, and the public until early September. The program is part of President Obama’s climate action plan. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Emissions have declined in 6 out of the past 10 years, and energy‐related CO 2 emissions in 2016 were 823 MMmt (14%) below 2005 levels, according to the EIA. Among the findings of the EIA analysis: CO 2 emissions form natural gas surpassed those from coal in 2016. Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009.

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2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation 150

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

They used a lot more coal than they originally admitted to, several hundred million tons more. Another major shift is that China has become a voracious energy importer, especially of coal and liquefied natural gas. Like the United States, China has become among the world’s largest importers of oil, gas and coal.

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Environment Energy Coal United States 210

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Percent reduction from 2005 baseline). Renewable fuel.

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APRIL 24, 2021

President Biden has stepped up and made a commitment for the US to reduce carbon emissions 50% by 2030 versus 2005 levels. We need to do it and we can do it! But what is the best path? There is strong underlying logic behind this new commitment. The math is simple but […].

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2005 Carbon Emissions Lithium Ion 145

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JUNE 27, 2014

The gas is produced primarily during the combustion of gasoline in vehicle engines and coal in power plants. Nitrogen dioxide pollution, averaged yearly from 2005-2011, has decreased across the United States. It’s also a good proxy for the presence of air pollution in general.

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Ozone Maryland Pollution Aura 210

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

trillion in revenue over 10 years and reduce GHG emissions by approximately 20% from 2005 levels by 2025. Applied upstream, the fee would apply to 2,869 of the largest stationary sources, covering about 85% of US greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Congressional Research Service. Investment in energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

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Industrial Industry Price Fuel 259

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MARCH 25, 2014

Poor women and children pay a heavy price from indoor air pollution since they spend more time at home breathing in smoke and soot from leaky coal and wood cook stoves. million deaths in 2012 in households cooking over coal, wood and biomass stoves. The (2005) revision of the 24-hour guideline for SO 2 concentrations from 125 to 20 ?g/m

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Pollution Global Ozone Coal 358

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AUGUST 29, 2013

The researchers collected data from the year 2005, the most recent data available at the time of the study. The largest impact was seen in the east-central United States and in the Midwest: Eastern power plants tend to use coal with higher sulfur content than Western plants. Fabio Caiazzo, Akshay Ashok, Ian A. Waitz, Steve H.L.

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MIT Emissions Ozone Power 378

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MAY 24, 2012

Coal accounted for 45% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2011, followed by oil (35%) and natural gas (20%). China made the largest contribution to the global increase, with its emissions rising by 720 million tonnes (Mt), or 9.3%, primarily due to higher coal consumption. This represents an increase of 1.0 Gt on 2010, or 3.2%.

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2011 Emissions Global CO2 230

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JUNE 21, 2010

The targeted coal seams are in the Pratt, Mary Lee, and Black Creek Coal groups within the upper Pottsville Formation and range from 940 to 1,800 feet in depth and from 1 to 6 feet in thickness. Coal in the Black Warrior Basin has the potential to sequester 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams.

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Alabama El Paso CO2 Mississippi 186

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JANUARY 23, 2012

In recent years, the US electric power sector’s historical reliance on coal-fired power plants has begun to decline. Total US energy-related CO 2 emissions remain below their 2005 level through 2035. Energy-related CO 2 emissions grow by 3% from 2010 to 2035, reaching 5,806 million metric tons in 2035.

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Oil 2005 Production 2010 210

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APRIL 18, 2013

The IEA said that this reflects the continued domination of fossil fuels—particularly coal—in the energy mix and the slow uptake of other, lower-carbon supply technologies. Vehicle downsizing has enabled considerable efficiency improvements, particularly in OECD regions and since 2005. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /TJ (2.37

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Carbon Supplies Global Transportation 265

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Natural gas overtakes coal as the largest fuel for US electricity generation. In some areas, natural gas-fired generation replaces power formerly supplied by coal and nuclear plants. In 2040, natural gas accounts for 35% of total electricity generation, while coal accounts for 32%. billion metric tons.

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Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

US President Barack Obama said the US will cut net greenhouse gas emissions in the US by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. per year on average during the 2005-2020 period to 2.3-2.8% The US and China jointly announced greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. The new US goal will double the pace of GHG reduction from 1.2%

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China Climate Change CO2 United States 300

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DECEMBER 26, 2009

billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent, including 80.3 billion tonnes of raw coal. Last month, China’s State Council pledged to reduce (link 3) the carbon intensity of its economy by 40 to 45% by the year 2020, as compared with 2005 energy intensity. from the previous estimate of 4.59%.

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2008 China Energy Coal 225

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JULY 31, 2010

Modern interest substituting biomass for coal or natural gas as a gasification or reforming (respectively) feedstock to provide syngas for catalytic conversion to methanol reaches back several decades. In a 2005 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Yin et al. Biomass to Methanol. Xiuli Yin, Dennis Y.

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Sweden Commercial Coal 2005 247

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Natural gas is projected to be the fastest growing fossil fuel, and coal and oil are likely to lose market share as all fossil fuels experience lower growth rates. OECD oil demand peaked in 2005 and in 2030 is projected to be roughly back at its level in 1990. Coal will increase by 1.2%

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Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands 210

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Emissions in 2011 were 526 million metric tons (9%) below the 2005 level. Since 1949, the 2011 decline in coal generation of more 6% is second only to the decline in 2009 of almost 12%. As recently as 2005, coal’s share of electric power sector generation was more than 51%. The commercial sector fell slightly (0.3%).

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2011 Emissions Energy CO2 231

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MAY 14, 2018

International trade increased by more than 50% from 2005 to 2015, with approximately 60% of the increase tied to rising exports from developing countries. The success of international climate mitigation efforts may therefore depend on curtailing growth of coal-based energy and emissions in now-industrialising and urbanising countries.

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