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CO2 emissions are on track to take us beyond 1.5 degrees of global warming

Current and planned energy infrastructure could emit around 850 gigatons of the greenhouse gas

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COMMITTED  Carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil fuel infrastructure that’s already built will probably push us past 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, according to a new study.

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By Carolyn Wilke

- More than 2 years ago

A new study shows just how hard it may be to limit global warming to 1.5