Carbon emissions fall with global downturn: report

[phantom power]

It may, or may not, be a coincidence that the only decreases achieved in GHG emissions to date have been involuntary, and happened due to economic collapse.

LONDON (AFP) – Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen thanks to the global downturn, handing the world a chance to move away from high-carbon growth, a report said Monday, citing an International Energy Agency study.

The unpublished IEA study found carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels had dropped significantly this year -- further than in any year in the past four decades.

Falling industrial output is largely responsible for the plunge in emissions, but other factors also played a role, including shelving plans for new coal-fired power stations because of falling demand and lack of financing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090921/bs_afp/financeeconomyenvironmentclimatewarmingiea

[Nihil]

1. Do you mean to say that all of those years ...

... of politicians talking in fancy "summits" in posh hotels around the world
have actually produced nothing whilst the result of the economical f*ck-ups
has benefited the planet?

Gosh ... what a surprise!