News: According to an analysis published in Carbon Brief, carbon dioxide emissions in India are poised to grow at their slowest since 2001. There would only be a 2% rise from 2018. Facts: Factors contributing to slow rise in CO2 emissions: Slower growth in coal-based power generation: This is mainly due to fall in Industrial… Continue reading Economic slowdown will lighten India’s carbon burden: Study
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Bitcoin use causing huge CO2 emissions: Study
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has revealed that Bitcoin system has a carbon footprint of between 22 and 22.9 megatonnes per year. This is comparable to the footprint of cities such as Hamburg, Vienna or Las Vegas. Bitcoin mining is very energy-intensive and the process has increased rapidly… Continue reading Bitcoin use causing huge CO2 emissions: Study
CO2 emissions rose by 2% in 2018: study
According to the recently released BP Statistical Review of World Energy, Global carbon emissions grew by 2%, the highest since 2010-2011. The report has termed the trend unsustainable. The BP report has found that while the use of renewable forms of energy grew by 14.5% in 2018, it still accounted for just a third of… Continue reading CO2 emissions rose by 2% in 2018: study
