https://host.madison.com/opinion/letters/people-need-to-agree-on-climate-facts---/article_fb64209d-aacf-59d5-84e2-43eab1e23062.html > We have all read opinion pieces recently on both sides of the climate change issue. > Climate change can be reduced if most people are in agreement with the urgency and devastating impacts it is wreaking on our atmosphere and species that face extinction. Unfortunately, it will take awhile for most U.S. citizens (including politicians) to understand the science behind it, rather than accepting payments from the fossil fuel industry.