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Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress

Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress
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Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the world has done to fight climate change, scientists said in a new study. In 2026, the world emitted 42.2 billion tons (38.2 billion metric tons) of heat...

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