AI Growth Is Driving Up U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions – What Travel Businesses Need to Know
While AI may help find ways to cut emissions, ignoring its own growing footprint could impact the travel industry's climate goals.
Darin Graham is an award-wining climate journalist covering the travel industry for Skift. He reports on how airlines, hotels, and tourism businesses are responding to the climate change – from the innovations and technologies respawning the industry to greenwashing allegations and business risk.
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