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US manufacturing sector energy use and energy intensity down since 2002
2013-03-20 10:30:16| Green Car Congress
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Extreme Weather Grows in Frequency and Intensity Around World
2013-01-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Britons may remember 2012 as the year the weather spun off its rails in a chaotic concoction of drought, deluge and flooding, but the unpredictability of it all turns out to have been all too predictable: Around the world, extreme has become the new commonplace. Especially lately. China is enduring its coldest winter in nearly 30 years. Brazil is in the grip of a dreadful heat spell. Eastern Russia is so freezing minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and counting that the traffic lights recently stopped...
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China's carbon intensity falls over 3.5 percent in 2012: official
2013-01-10 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's carbon intensity, or its emissions relative to economic output, fell more than 3.5 percent in 2012, outperforming its average annual target, China's chief climate change official said on Thursday. China aims to cut carbon intensity by 17 percent during the 2011-2015 period, which means an annual average target of around 3.5 percent. Intensity is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of gross domestic product. "The situation last year was relatively good. Based on a preliminary...
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