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Mankind Versus Climate: The Humans Are Winning

Mankind Versus Climate: The Humans Are Winning
The U.S. Capitol seen between cardboard cutouts of flames during a climate change protest in Washington, on Oct. 15, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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The human race has made immense progress in dealing with the reality of climate change. If you wish to characterize the ongoing collisions between mankind and climate as a war, humans are winning that war. It’s time to retire the phrase “existential threat” when discussing climate change. While there’s more yet to be done, many commendations are due for successful steps already taken. Schools should stop teaching gloom and doom to our children. It’s time for all of us to be optimistic about climate change.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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