Even as governments around the world have pushed to limit global warming, record levels of carbon dioxide filled the atmosphere in 2010.

300 HIGH-CALIBRE SPEAKERS AND 4,000 PARTICIPANTS WILL GATHER IN MONTREAL TO DEBATE THE WORLD ENERGY SITUATION FROM SEPTEMBER 12 TO 14 MONTREAL, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ - The sessions of the World Energy Congress - Montreal 2010 will open in just a few days.

The United States, which has been the world’s biggest energy consumer for more than a hundred years, has been bumped back by China, according to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The sluggish global economy could actually have benefits for reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent this year.

A report citing an International Energy Agency study shows that greenhouse gas emissions have fallen thanks to the global downturn, handing the world a chance to move away from high-carbon growth.