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Study: Managing Emissions Intensity
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 21 days ago
Study: Managing Emissions Intensity
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A new World Bank study finds that some countries have managed to de-link economic growth and CO2 emissions.

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Emissions Intensity Falling Globally
Environmental Leader — November 6, 2009 Emissions Intensity Falling Globally Emissions intensity, the amount of carbon generated from fossil fuel use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), fell globally in all but two years between 1994 and 2006, according to a World Bank study, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog . A key finding of the study indicates that reducing the amount of energy required to produce a unit of GDP, particularly in the service sector, has been the greatest contributor to curbing emissions growth. The study, ...

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