The question is: If there is an emergency, do we have a Plan B in our back pocket to solve it? Geoengineering is no longer unmentionable (and more). The effects of geoengineering could be worse than climate change, so we need to do our homework rather than assume it can stave off disaster. As carbon dioxide levels creep ever higher, scientists are working to put greenhouse gas in its place. We need a radical new approach to cutting greenhouse gases, and it might have arrived. The easiest way to fight global warming: Simply cleaning up soot could work wonders for the climate. Can condoms save us from climate change?: A study finds improved family planning is one of the most effective methods of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions we’ve got, but nobody dares comment on it — that is how abortion politics have skewed

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