Can the world quit coal?

By: Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 14, 2025

Words: 1,054

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

By Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston

As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at the 30th annual United Nations climate conference, there is plenty of frustration that the world isn’t making progress on climate change fast enough.

Globally, greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures continue to rise. In the U.S., the Trump administration, which didn’t send an official delegation to the climate talks, is

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