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Global fossil fuel emissions are on track to rise for a second year in a row, primarily due to growing energy use, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project, an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson(link is external). Related media coverage:
Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario?(link is external) – The Atlantic, Jan. 15, 2019
Trump Imperils the Planet (link is external)– The New York Times, Dec. 26, 2018
Coal for Christmas at the U.N. Climate Conference(link is external) – The New Yorker, Dec. 17, 2018
Greenhouse gas emissions are rising, again(link is external) – MPR News, Dec. 13, 2018
The threat of climate change hasn’t curbed our carbon emissions—they’re at a record high(link is external) – Popular Science, Dec. 7, 2018
Global industrial carbon emissions to reach all-time high in 2018(link is external) – Nature, Dec. 7, 2018
Are the goals of the Paris Accord slipping out of reach?(link is external) – PBS NewsHour, Dec. 7, 2018
The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels(link is external) – Live Science, Dec. 7, 2018
CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018 (link is external)– Scientific American, Dec. 6, 2018
We’re Destroying the Climate Even Faster Than We’d Thought(link is external) – New York, Dec. 6, 2018
The Truth About These Climate Change Numbers(link is external) – Rolling Stone, Dec. 6, 2018
Everyday people are feeling effects of climate change, says scientist(link is external) – The Hill, Dec. 6, 2018
The Energy 202: Carbon emissions were flat only two years ago. Not anymore.(link is external) – Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2018
Carbon dioxide emissions rise in 2018, scientists say(link is external) – Fox News, Dec. 6, 2018
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018(link is external) – New York Times, Dec. 5, 2018
‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018.(link is external) – Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2018
Emissions of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere reach record high(link is external) – USA Today, Dec. 5, 2018
So much for that hope of reaching peak climate emissions(link is external) – MIT Technology Review, Dec. 5, 2018
Global Emissions Climb to Record Highs, Reversing Three Years of Declines(link is external) – U.S. News, Dec. 5, 2018
Carbon emissions to hit all-time high, says report(link is external) – CNN, Dec. 5, 2018
Cars and coal help drive 'strong' CO2 rise in 2018(link is external) – BBC, Dec. 5, 2018
A Little Good News About Climate Change for Once(link is external) – Bloomberg, Dec. 5, 2018
Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018(link is external) – AP, Dec. 5, 2018
Global carbon emissions in 2018 are set to rise—a lot(link is external) – Quartz, Dec. 5, 2018
A new, grim milestone in the growth of carbon dioxide emissions across the world(link is external) – Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2018
Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high(link is external) – The Conversation, Dec. 5, 2018
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Up Again. What Now, Climate?(link is external) – NPR, Dec. 5, 2018
Carbon emissions rise again in 2018, new report finds(link is external) – Axios, Dec. 5, 2018
Global Carbon Emissions Are Predicted to Hit Record High in 2018(link is external) – Vice, Dec. 5, 2018
Worldwide Carbon Emissions Show Biggest Jump in 7 Years(link is external) – KQED, Dec. 5, 2018
Fight against greenhouse gases stalls as emissions soar to new record(link is external) – San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 5, 2018
Why fossil fuel emissions are increasing — again(link is external) – San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 5, 2018
World hits another alarming carbon emissions mark(link is external) – CBS News, Dec. 5, 2018
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