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For nearly a decade United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about evermore dangerous climate change in increasingly urgent tones. Now he's ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court opens a hearing to deliver a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, ...

An artificial intelligence agenda formed on the podcasts of Silicon Valley billionaires is now being set into U.S. policy as President Donald Trump leans on the ideas of the tech ...