“Engine Trouble”: How greenhouse gases threaten our world

Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to strictly regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants makes efforts to tackle climate change more difficult. In this CBS Sunday Morning video article, writer and narrator Robert Krulwich explains why rising carbon dioxide levels in the air since the start of the Industrial Revolution pose an existential threat to us and the planet. Based on the work of Atish Bhatia. Animation directed and designed by Nate Melton. Back St. Thomas music.