Top UN diplomat sounds alarm about climate change
by editors@theworld.org (Carolyn Beeler) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6NANV)
The top diplomat at the United Nations is once again sounding an alarm about the dangers of climate change. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres likened humanity's role in destructive warming to the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. On Wednesday, he called for a new tax on fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming.