{"id":6047,"date":"2026-01-23T08:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=6047"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:48:06","slug":"us-carbon-pollution-rose-in-2025-experts-blame-cold-winter-high-natural-gas-prices-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/23\/us-carbon-pollution-rose-in-2025-experts-blame-cold-winter-high-natural-gas-prices-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"US carbon pollution rose in 2025. Experts blame cold winter, high natural gas prices, data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After years of decline, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4% in 2025 due to a colder winter and rising energy demands from data centers and cryptocurrency mining. This rise occurred despite a significant jump in solar power generation, as higher natural gas prices led to a 13% increase in coal usage. Experts warn that this decoupling of emissions trends from economic growth is an ominous sign for future climate goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 13, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/carbon-pollution-trump-winter-data-centers-ai-680bbad6bab9a9e98421a48cb929d389\">apnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of decline, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4% in 2025 due to a colder winter and rising energy demands from data centers and cryptocurrency mining. This rise occurred despite a significant jump in solar power generation, as higher natural gas prices led to a 13% increase in coal usage. Experts warn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":6048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6050,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6047\/revisions\/6050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}