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China Coal Consumption, CO2 Emissions Drop in 2014
2015-03-13 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: New data suggest that China, the worlds #1 CO2 emitter, has succeeded in decoupling coal use from economic output since its coal consumption growth began slowing down in 2012. Data recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China indicate that China coal consumption fell by 2.9% in 2014. Also during 2014, Chinas CO2 emissions from fossil fuels fell by 0.7%. This is the first time on record that the countrys emissions have fallen while total energy consumption grew. The graph...
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