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Full extent of global coal 'binge' is hidden, say researchers
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The climate impacts of the world's fossil-fuelled power plants are being underestimated because of poor accounting, say researchers. Governments would get a truer picture if they included the lifetime emissions of a facility in the year it goes into production These "committed emissions" have been growing by 4% a year between 2000 and 2012, the scientists say. Power plants in China and India alone account for half of this commitment. At present, UN accounting procedures only include the...
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