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  "id": 13103292,
  "title": "AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ai-and-the-climate-crisis-pose-existential-risks-the-law-offers-a-way",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/09/ai-climate-change-liability-lawsuits"
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  "summary": "Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat The most basic function of government is to protect people from harm. Two growing phenomena – the climate crisis and AI – pose escalating risks of extraordinary harm. The climate crisis is already causing floods, wildfires, drought and record heat. AI agents are already…",
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        "title": "AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ai-and-the-climate-crisis-pose-existential-risks-the-law-offers-a-way-13105051",
        "published": "2026-10-09T11:00:26.000Z"
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