Bloomberg: World carbon-dioxide emissions from energy use rose last year as China, India and Russia burned more coal, the most polluting of the major fuels, data compiled by BP Plc indicate. Fossil-fuel combustion in power plants, vehicles and heaters around the planet released 31.5 billion metric tons of the greenhouse gas, 1.8 percent more than in 2007, the figures show. China’s coal consumption climbed 7.1 percent, adding 366 million tons of extra emissions, using conversion factors provided …