New York Times (December 4)
The temperature is rising at COP28 as “climate concerns boil over.” Sultan Ahmed al Jaber lit the fuse with “contentious comments” that expressed “skepticism about the world’s ability to halt a rise in global temperatures by reducing the use of hydrocarbons.” Since the oil executive and Emirati politician is “presiding over the COP28 climate summit,” the remarks are “casting fresh doubts over the U.A.E.’s commitment to addressing the climate crisis.”
Tags: Al Jaber, Climate summit, Concerns, Contentious, COP28, Crisis, Doubts, Hydrocarbons, Oil, Politician, Rise, Skepticism, Sultan, Temperatures, U.A.E
Wall Street Journal (November 16)
“Google became the world’s go-to source of information by ranking billions of links from millions of sources. Now, for many queries, the internet giant is presenting itself as the authority on truth by promoting a single search result as the answer.” Many of the results, Google selects, however, “are contentious, improbable or laughably incorrect.”
Tags: Authority, Contentious, Go-to source, Google, Improbable, Incorrect, Laughable, Queries, Ranking, Truth
