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CARMA 2.0 has arrived! Power sector still stuck on fossil fuel

Posted on September 03, 2008

CARMA 2.0 has arrived! And our analysis of the latest data shows that the world still has a long way to go on curbing emissions growth.Last week's Washington Post feature on CARMA focuses on massive growth in Chinese emissions. Although pollution wasn't big news once the Olympics started, this year China's power sector will emit more CO2 than the US power sector for the first time. Furthermore, rapid construction of coal-fired plants is wiping out any improvements in emissions intensity. But China will (sort of) head in the right direction, on carbon intensity, as it doubles electricity produc...

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