Current Climate: Most CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Producers

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I write about advanced transportation and climate-oriented technology. I also co-author the Current Climate newsletter.

he vast majority of carbon dioxide emissions comes from a very small group of producers of fossil fuels and cement – with just 57 entities accounting for a whopping 80% of the total between 2016 and 2022. That’s the findings of areleased last week by the think tank InfluenceMap based on the CarbonMajors database. The single biggest culprit: China for its coal production, accounting for 25.8% of total global emissions.

Instead, Nikola, the electric truckmaker with a troubled past, appears to have moved well ahead of Tesla for now. It delivered 40 hydrogen fuel cell trucks to customers in the fourth quarter, more than analysts expected. It also resumed shipping battery-electric trucks to customers that were recalled last year to fix battery pack flaws. If Nikola can raise funds to continue expanding production, it could be well-positioned to capitalize on tough new U.S.

Howard Learner, executive director, Environmental Law & Policy Center on turning shuttered coal plants into parklandAlmost 10 years ago, coal plants started to shut down around the Midwest. A lot of the coal plants in the Midwest are on the Great Lakes. They had what I would call lakefront property and everybody wants lakefront property. And they are already hardwired into the electric grid.

 

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