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on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:39PM
from the heavy-use-continues-but-increase-leveled-off dept.
from the heavy-use-continues-but-increase-leveled-off dept.
Declining consumption of coal in the US last year played a significant role in keeping down global emissions of carbon dioxide, according to a new report.
The Global Carbon Project annual analysis shows that CO2 emissions were almost flat for the third year in a row, despite a rise in economic growth.
The slowdown in the Chinese economy since 2012 has also been a key factor limiting carbon.
Experts believe it is too early to say if global CO2 emissions have peaked.
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Global Carbon Growth Stalls as US Coal Continues to Slump
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It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @07:27AM
Labor participation is as low as 1977, and has been for 3 years straight. http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000 [bls.gov]
People who make 0 or are underemployed are not counted in your statistic. The Fed has changed the rules of the game many times. My economics teachers told me to basically ignore anything the fed comes up with other than real totals. Any sort of number they create like GDP, inflation, or unemployment are made up and usually political in nature.
3 to 5% of the employment work force has been wiped out since 1998. Yet the population of the united states has grown by ~50 million in that time.