LiveScience: Can the world promote economic development while still halting climate change?
It's a complicated question, but a new study suggests that so far, humanity isn't doing so well at meeting both goals at the same time. A regional analysis of 106 countries around the world finds that, with the partial exception of Africa, most areas emit more and more carbon to improve their citizens' well-being as those nations become more developed.
The findings are the latest volley in a debate going back at...