UQx DENIAL101x 5.4.2.1 Carbon dioxide is a pollutant
Channel: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Date: 2015-05-26

A common misunderstanding is thinking that CO2 cannot be a polluntant because CO2 isn't toxic and it is found naturally in the atmosphere. Sara Green explains that CO2 IS a pollutant because of its effects on the environment. Subtitles available: ENGLISH, SLOVENŠČINA (Slovenian) 

Opomba prevajalke: *Zmoti preusmerjanja pozornosti se v izvirniku reče »red herring«, kar je drugače »rdeči slanik«. Gospa zmoto preusmerjanja pozornosti demonstrira tako, da opisuje rdeče slanike. 

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References for this video:

Phosphate pollution http://water.usgs.gov/edu/phosphorus.html Accessed online 06 April 2015

MASSACHUSETTS v. E.P.A.NO. 05-1120.  127 S.Ct. 1438 (2007) MASSACHUSETTS et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY et al. Supreme Court of United States. Supreme Court decision available online http://www.leagle.com/decision/20071565127dsct1438_11562.xml/MASSACHUSETTS%20v.%20E.P.A. Accessed online 06 April 2015

US EPA Endangerment finding: "Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act" http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/

Solomon, S., Plattner, G. K., Knutti, R., & Friedlingstein, P. (2009). Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 106(6), 1704-1709. http://www.pnas.org/content/106/6/1704.long

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