As the Climate Crisis Deepens, High-Polluting Nations Must Start Paying Reparations
January 1, 20244min readThe wealthy countries that are most responsible for greenhouse gas pollution must compensate the poorer nations that bear the greatest burdenBy The Editors The U.S. got a powerful reminder last summer that pollution doesn't care about borders. Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada billowed hundreds of miles south, painting skies from New York City to Chicago and beyond a hazy orange and damaging air quality to the point that health officials were warning people not to go outside.Greenhouse…