Reuters: Global carbon emissions are rising rapidly, an international study says, with production of carbon dioxide in 2007 up sharply from the year before through the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and cement making. Following are highlights from the Global Carbon Project’s 2008 report “Carbon budget and trends 2007”. The project is a programme supported by the International Council for Science. CARBON DIOXIDE GROWTH Annual mean growth rate of atmospheric CO2 was 2.2 …