ASSOCIATED PRESS • March 2, 2023
Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power. “Any emissions growth — even 1 percent — is a failure,” said Rob Jackson, a professor of earth system science at Stanford University and chair of the Global Carbon Project, an international group. “We can’t afford growth. We can’t afford stasis. It’s cuts or chaos for the planet.”