 Google has an ambitious plan to combat climate change, but the company says it fell far short last year, in large part due to energy consumption needed to operate big data centers and the demands artificial intelligence puts on those facilities. Instead of going down, the company says its emissions grew by 13 percent in 2023. Critical futures prices lost ground today as concerns eased a bit about possible supply disruptions due to Hurricane Beryl. Oil down 57 cents a barrel to 81.81 a barrel in New York.