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    How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

    by Dana Beltaji Nov 27, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Amid record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb a centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

    For hundreds of years, people have shaped the world around them for their benefit: They drained lakes, deforested lands and mined for metals and minerals to grow wealth and economies. They dug up billions of tons of coal, and then oil and gas, to fuel empires and economies. The allure of exploiting nature

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