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A mother pushes a stroller in front of the Scholven coal-fired power station, owned by Uniper, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 28, 2022. The world remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

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UN report: Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate'
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Thu,10/27/22-6:00AM , 228 Reads
The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough -- not even promising to do enough -- to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said.
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Who are the big emitters? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

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Climate Questions: Who are the big emitters?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,10/26/22-7:04AM , 232 Reads
Who made the global warming mess the world is now in? More than half of the world’s heat-trapping gases comes from three places: The United States, China and Europe.

And it piles up quickly at more than 2.5 million pounds (1.1 million kilograms) per second.
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The sun sets behind a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Oct. 22, 2022. A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,10/25/22-5:38PM , 333 Reads
Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by 68% in vulnerable populations worldwide as the world’s “fossil fuel addiction” degrades public health each year, doctors reported in a new study.
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How do we know humans triggered warming? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

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Climate Questions: How do we know humans triggered warming?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,10/24/22-7:11AM , 274 Reads
Call it Law and Order: Climate Change. Scientists used detective work to pinpoint the prime suspect in Earth’s warming: us.

They proved it couldn’t be anything but carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels.

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