Yahoo Sports claims that “Climate change is the silent referee of the World Cup” warning that the 2026 tournament may be the “most polluting World Cup in history.” This is highly misleading. The article attempts to transform one of the world’s largest sporting events into a climate morality tale while ignoring context, comparative scale, commonsense, and most importantly, the fact that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant in any traditional s…
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