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'Coal error' increases China's CO2
2015-08-19 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Confusion over the types of coal being burned in Chinese power stations has caused a significant overestimation of the country's carbon emissions. Researchers, published in the journal Nature, say existing CO2 calculations had used a globally averaged formula. But when scientists tested the types of coal actually being burned in China, they found they produced 40% less carbon than had been assumed. The study says the error amounted to 10% of global emissions in 2013. China's drive for...
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