Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds

Research says Google’s carbon emissions went up by 65% between 2019-2024, not 51% as the tech giant had claimedIn 2021, Google set a lofty goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Yet in the years since then, the company has moved in the opposite direction as it invests in energy-intensive artificial intelligence. In its latest sustainability report, Google said its carbon emissions had increased 51% between 2019 and 2024.New research aims to debunk even that enormous figure an