There are so many different actual environmental problems and hazards, problems that are actually quite solvable. Millions die from indoor air pollution caused by burning wood and other organic material inside their homes. There are carcinogens being emitted all over the place, with known impacts on health. Look at the recent California wildfires, thousands of homes lost, probably over 100 lives, plus an entire year’s worth of carbon pollution if you’re counting. Could’ve been prevented with basic long-established forest management techniques, but they didn’t have the budget for it. I could go on and on.
But the point I was making, is that CO2 emissions are not a planet-killing problem as the eco-warriors insist. I contest your allegation that millions die from indoor air pollution from burning wood etc., it's actually not that bad a problem. I'm in South SF, and our air quality was bad for a while during the wildfires near Chico, but we got through it and now the air is clean again. Mother nature at work. We didn't die from the air pollution, the wildfires emitting far more CO2 into the atmosphere than anything we mere humans were doing. And nature took care of it. CO2 is not causing "global warming", that is a myth.
On the other hand, we humans are creating lots of garbage that is polluting the sea and land, and that is affecting our food sources. Lots of plastic and pesticides being scattered into the environment. So far our solution was to send it on container ships to Asia, where the Asians ended up taking shortcuts and dumping it into waterways where it ended up in the oceans. That is the problem that needs to be addressed - a great deal of pollution is caused by asians and 3rd-world nations. Of course the U.S.A. is unfairly blamed for everything, and that needs to change. The spotlight needs to be turned towards Asia as the source of worldwide pollution.
I take exception to your assertion that “. . . they didn’t have the budget for it.”
They had the money, but THEY SPENT the money on other STUFF!
The Kali-Fornia “budget” is larded with unnecessary and illogical spending!