Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats – think DDT and acid rain

By Alexander E. Gates, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark

Climate change can seem like an insurmountable challenge. However, if you look closely at its causes, you’ll realize that history is filled with similar health and environmental threats that humanity has overcome.

The main cause of climate change – carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels – is really just another pollutant. And countries know how to reduce harmful pollutants. They did it with the pesticide DDT, lead paint and the power plant emissions…

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