Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: May 27, 2009

U.S. Energy-Related Co2 Emissions Declined 2.8% in 2008!! DOE, World Energy Leaders Launch Energy Efficiency Partnership Federal Agencies Team Up to Foster Growth in Green Jobs "Climate Positive" Urban Projects Slated for California, Florida Interior Department Awards $15M for Forest Thinning on Public Lands Virtual Energy Forum Offers Free, Two-Day Clean Energy Conference U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Declined 2.8% in 2008 – Hooray! Despite a 1.1% increase in the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels declined by 2.8% in 2008, according to preliminary estimates by DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). The record decline was caused in part by a 5.2% decrease in emissions from transportation. Sky-high fuel prices in the first part of the year, followed by economic woes in the fourth quarter, contributed to a record-breaking decline in vehicle miles traveled in 2008 and an upsurge in the use of public transportation. Carbon dioxide emissions from industries also fell by 3.2%, following a five-year trend of falling industrial emissions, according to the EIA. While overall industrial output fell by 2.2% in 2008, the drop in output from energy-intensive industries-such as chemicals, primary metals, and non-metallic minerals-was much larger, in the range of […]

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