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Global Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit All-Time Highs In 2023: Report
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday.
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At COP28 Climate Summit, First-Ever Deal On Reducing Use Of Fossil Fuels
Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst impacts of climate change, signaling the eventual end of the oil age.
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More Than 1 Death Every 2 minutes In India Due To Fossil Fuel Use: Study
In India, over 330,000 people died in 2020 of exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion, estimates the report by The Lancet. That's 1.2 deaths every two minutes.
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Bitcoin Makes Slim Gains in Use of Sustainable Energy, Cambridge University Research Shows
Bitcoin has made slim gains in the use of green energy, or sustainable energy this year, according to research by Cambridge University. Fossil fuels made up some 62 percent of Bitcoin's energy mix in January 2022, the latest data available, versus 65 percent a year earlier, as per the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). The stu...
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Global Fossil Fuel Reserves To Unleash 3.5 Trillion Tonnes Of Carbon Dioxide: Data
Burning the world's remaining fossil fuel reserves would unleash 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the first public inventory of hydrocarbons released Monday.
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India May Need Additional 2 Million BPD Refining Capacity By 2030, Says Indian Oil Chairman
India needs to add 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity by 2030 to help its economic expansion, even as it takes steps to move to cleaner fuels, said the chairman of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's top refiner.
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Global Cost Of Air Pollution By Fossil Fuels Is $8 Billion A Day: Report
The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world's economic output, an environmental research group said on Wednesday.
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No Plan To Completely Ban Petrol, Diesel Vehicles: Oil Minister
India consumed 211.6 million tonne of petroleum products in 2018-19. Of this, diesel consumption was 83.5 million tonne and petrol 28.3 million tonne.
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Rich Nations Spend $100 Billion On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Pledges
The world's major industrial democracies spend at least $100 billion each year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption, despite vows to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, a report said on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada.
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India's Oil Consumption To Be Fastest In World By 2035: BP
While energy consumption will grow by 4.2 per cent per annum -- faster than all major economies in the world -- India's consumption growth of fossil fuels would be the largest in the world.
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Carbon Tax Needed To Cut Fossil Fuel Consumption: Study
Technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead us to continue using all the oil, gas and coal, instead of choosing renewable energy, unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions, according to a new study.
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Natural Gas Losing its Shine as Asia Holds Faith in Coal Power
The shine is coming off once bright prospects for natural gas as the future fossil fuel of choice in Asia as power companies in India and Southeast Asia tap abundant and cheap domestic coal resources to generate electricity.
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Global Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit All-Time Highs In 2023: Report
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday.
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At COP28 Climate Summit, First-Ever Deal On Reducing Use Of Fossil Fuels
Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst impacts of climate change, signaling the eventual end of the oil age.
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More Than 1 Death Every 2 minutes In India Due To Fossil Fuel Use: Study
In India, over 330,000 people died in 2020 of exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion, estimates the report by The Lancet. That's 1.2 deaths every two minutes.
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Bitcoin Makes Slim Gains in Use of Sustainable Energy, Cambridge University Research Shows
Bitcoin has made slim gains in the use of green energy, or sustainable energy this year, according to research by Cambridge University. Fossil fuels made up some 62 percent of Bitcoin's energy mix in January 2022, the latest data available, versus 65 percent a year earlier, as per the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). The stu...
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Global Fossil Fuel Reserves To Unleash 3.5 Trillion Tonnes Of Carbon Dioxide: Data
Burning the world's remaining fossil fuel reserves would unleash 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the first public inventory of hydrocarbons released Monday.
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India May Need Additional 2 Million BPD Refining Capacity By 2030, Says Indian Oil Chairman
India needs to add 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity by 2030 to help its economic expansion, even as it takes steps to move to cleaner fuels, said the chairman of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's top refiner.
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Global Cost Of Air Pollution By Fossil Fuels Is $8 Billion A Day: Report
The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world's economic output, an environmental research group said on Wednesday.
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No Plan To Completely Ban Petrol, Diesel Vehicles: Oil Minister
India consumed 211.6 million tonne of petroleum products in 2018-19. Of this, diesel consumption was 83.5 million tonne and petrol 28.3 million tonne.
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Rich Nations Spend $100 Billion On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Pledges
The world's major industrial democracies spend at least $100 billion each year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption, despite vows to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, a report said on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada.
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India's Oil Consumption To Be Fastest In World By 2035: BP
While energy consumption will grow by 4.2 per cent per annum -- faster than all major economies in the world -- India's consumption growth of fossil fuels would be the largest in the world.
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Carbon Tax Needed To Cut Fossil Fuel Consumption: Study
Technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead us to continue using all the oil, gas and coal, instead of choosing renewable energy, unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions, according to a new study.
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Natural Gas Losing its Shine as Asia Holds Faith in Coal Power
The shine is coming off once bright prospects for natural gas as the future fossil fuel of choice in Asia as power companies in India and Southeast Asia tap abundant and cheap domestic coal resources to generate electricity.
