BAKU, Azerbaijan/NEW YORK – A spike in electricity demand from the world’s big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world’s climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use. …
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been cast as a problem in the urgent, international effort to tackle climate change. As AI plays a greater role in our lives, it will …
ANTIOCH — With the impacts of global warming hitting close to home for Antioch residents, Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe is pledging to reject investing public money into fossil fuel infrastructure in …
As delegates at the annual U.N. climate talks in Dubai celebrated last month’s historic deal to move away from fossil fuels, tens of thousands of laborers just across the Persian …
By Seth Borenstein | Associated Press Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the …
The year 2023 saw its fair share of disastrous events. In 2023, the world experienced a notable surge in both the occurrence and severity of natural disasters, ranging from the …
By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Jamey Keaten and Sibi Arasu | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels …
DUBAI – The COP28 Presidency released a proposed text of a final climate deal on Wednesday that would, for the first time, push nations to transition away from fossil fuels …
DUBAI – Phasing out fossil fuels around the world is unlikely to happen — or even win backing from all governments — without far more finance and clean technology on …
DUBAI – A draft of a potential climate deal at the COP28 summit on Monday suggested a range of measures countries could take to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but omitted …