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June 10 (Bloomberg) — World carbon-dioxide emissions from energy use rose last year as China, India and Russia burned more coal, the most polluting of the major fuels, data compiled by BP Plc indicate.
Fossil-fuel combustion in power plants, vehicles and heaters around the planet released 31.5 billion metric tons of the greenhouse gas, 1.8 percent more than in 2007, the figures show. Chinas coal consumption climbed 7.1 percent, adding 366 million tons of extra emissions, using conversion factors provided by BP, the U.K. oil company.
Coal now produces more CO2 than oil, and Chinas growing share of its use means both themes will drive global talks under way for a new climate-protection treaty. At the same time, developed countries continue releasing many times more gases per person than less-wealthy economies, a fact China uses in arguing that the new emissions cuts should come from richer nations.
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