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Published July 1988 through June 1999
FROM VOLUME 5, NUMBER 11, NOVEMBER 1992
EMISSIONS ANALYSES AND PROJECTIONS
The Heat is On: America's CO2 Polluters, 60 pp., June 1992, $50
($25 nonprofit). Citizen Action, 1120 19th St. NW, Washington DC 20036
Compared U.S. CO2 emissions for 1990 with 1980 using U.S. Energy Information
Administration data. Overall growth was 5%; the largest increases came from
electric utilities (16%) and transportation (14%); the residential sector showed
the largest decrease (13%). Also analyzes emissions by each state.
The Carbon Dioxide Report for Canada, 60 pp., May 1992, $25.
Friends of the Earth, 701-251 Laurier Ave., Ottawa, Ont. K1P 5J6, Can.
Canadian emissions fell from 465 to 435 million metric tons between 1989 and
1990, primarily because of the recession. Analyses and policy descriptions are
given for various provinces, geographical regions and industries.
CO2 Emissions from the Developing Countries: Better Understanding the
Role of Energy in the Long Term, J. Sathaye, N. Goldman, A. Ketoff (Intl.
Energy Studies Group, Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berkeley, Calif.), Eds., July
1991. Vol. I: Summary (LBL-29507 Rev.); Vol. II: Argentina, Brazil,
Mexico and Venezuela (LBL-30059); Vol. III: China, India, Indonesia and
South Korea (LBL-30060); Vol. IV: Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries (LBL-30061). Available from NTIS.
Initial results were published in The Energy Journal, 12(1),
Results of this U.S. EPA-funded study were used by the IPCC to develop
policy options. Projections of high and low emissions scenarios for the year
2025 were derived in collaboration with research groups in the developing world,
based on their assumptions about future energy use. Rapidly increasing energy
demands, spurred by high rates of population growth and the desire for greater
material comfort, will outpace energy-efficiency improvements in developing
world economies, causing CO2 emissions to rise. However, per capita emissions
will grow relatively slowly, and will remain only a fraction of per capita
levels in industrialized nations in 2025.
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