Top UN diplomat sounds alarm about climate change

The top diplomat at the United Nations is once again sounding an alarm about the dangers of climate change. UN Secretary General António 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.

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