Maybe climate change needs a great pop song

Pop music really helped transform the way the West viewed the Cold War. The environment could really use an earworm, too.

Sting and Polar Bears
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Listen to Sting's 1985 Cold War ballad, Russians:

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Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.  

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