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China forecasts fourth year of stable or declining CO2 emissions, as world awaits Trump climate action – Greenpeace

Beijing, 28 February 2017 – China is forecasting a significant drop in CO2 emissions of approximately 1%, according to Greenpeace East Asia’s analysis of China’s National Energy Administration forecasts for 2017. [1] This would be the fourth year in a row of either zero growth or a decline in CO2 emissions. The encouraging news reinforces …

SSAB and Aspo ESL Shipping sign long-term agreement for raw material sea transport to reduce CO2 emissions

SSAB and Aspo Group’s ESL Shipping Ltd have signed a long-term frame agreement covering sea freight for SSAB’s inbound raw material sea transport within the Baltic Sea and from the North Sea. The purpose of the agreement is to secure deliveries of raw materials, enable mutual, long-term gains in efficiency and to reduce overall logistics …

Cars of the future: Steel car bodies will soon be 39% lighter, helping the environment : Alacero

Alacero – Santiago, Chile, June 11th, 2013. According to information issued by worldsteel –the global organization that represents the steel industry, being Alacero one of its members- recent studies reveal that steel auto bodies in the near future will be 39% lighter –as lightweight as today´s aluminum structures- while meeting all crash performance standards and comparable cost of …

STEEL INDUSTRY CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH TO EU VEHICLE EMISSIONS AS OF 2020

BRUSSELS, 22 May 2013 – As negotiations on the EU review of the CO2 emissions from cars Regulation kick off today, the steel industry calls upon the Council to uphold Parliament’s amendment acknowledging the importance of a Life Cycle Assessment in emissions legislation after 2020. On 24 April, in its vote on the review of …