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by chrisseaton 2520 days ago
> The impact of warming is not comparable to the impact of pollution (be it air, water or land pollution).

But impact of the air pollution is the warming!
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sweeneyrod 2520 days ago
No it's not. The CO2 and methane that causes warming doesn't have effects on health (at least at current levels), and conversely smog actually cools the local area by blocking sunlight rather than warming it.
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chrisseaton 2520 days ago
The CO2 is the pollution in the air. The effect it has on health is warming the planet. Even the US Government will tell you this!

https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

> Humans have increased atmospheric CO2 concentration by more than a third since the Industrial Revolution began. This is the most important long-lived "forcing" of climate change.

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