"Carbon Dioxide Level Is at Its Highest in Human History"

This is the headline in today's New York Time. The piece, by Justin Gills, reports that CO2 levels "has passed a long-feared milestone," of 400 parts per million, and contains quotes from scientist like "It symbolizes that so far we have failed miserably in tackling this problem,” and "It feels like the inevitable march toward disaster."We are marching towards disaster, but what really breaks my heart is that because of politics, it seems inevitable.