{"id":6983,"date":"2017-05-24T07:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=6983"},"modified":"2017-05-24T07:34:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:34:47","slug":"theres-way-less-coal-than-we-thought-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=6983","title":{"rendered":"There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Way Less Coal Than We Thought – Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
‘…The surge in\u00c2\u00a0global coal production has produced\u00c2\u00a0a much more refined understanding of coal deposits around the world. Armed with\u00c2\u00a0those\u00c2\u00a0refinements, researchers have slashed their estimates<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0of the amount of\u00c2\u00a0economically and technologically recoverable coal by\u00c2\u00a0two-thirds from ’90s-era forecasts.\u00c2\u00a0When the UBC researchers analyzed the worst-case scenario\u00c2\u00a0for\u00c2\u00a021st century carbon dioxide emissions, using the revised coal estimates, they found that CO2 emissions fell dramatically.’<\/p>\n