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For First Time, IEA Quantifies Coal’s Dominant Role in Global Temperature Increase

April 4, 2019 admin Business, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, climate change, Coal, coal power, Gas, Global CCS Institute, iea, International, news, Paris, power sector, Renewables, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:22:56 +0000

Coal combustion was responsible for over 0.3 degrees C of the 1 degree C surge in global average annual surface temperatures above pre-industrial levels—and that makes coal the single largest source of the global temperature increase, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in the new report. The finding, outlined in the IEA’s March 26–released Global […]

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