IEA Reports Energy Production Up 1.5 percent In 2014

Energy data compiled by the International Energy Agency, a global study group based in Paris, found that world energy production rose 1.5 percent from 2013 to 2014 with much of the gain - 81 percent - coming from fossil fuels. Production among fossil fuels, however, rose 0.5 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to available data, with a 3.1 percent decrease in the use of coal, which was offset by increases in oil and natural gas use, up 3 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.(read more)