There are things we can do to address these problems.
We can ignore or override groups that object to certain technologies.
Sure can, nuclear power coming soon to a community near you.
And we may come to that, in the near future.
We can make international treaties that certain polluting technologies cannot be used anywhere for manufacturing, or put tariffs on products made with polluting technologies.
It's a nice thought, but you can't make an international deal without the other countries agreeing, and not one of the non-western countries will agree to and then comply with pollution friendly, economically bad constraints on their business.
You can use tariffs, which is exactly what Trump is doing. Are you saying you agree with him?
There are ways we can encourage other countries to comply. Subsidies. Trade guarantees. Special trade status. I'm sure you can think of more. And, yes, tariffs.
I'm not against tariffs, per se. They are a tool, one that should be used very sparingly and delicately. After all, it is basically a tax on the U.S. consumers of imported goods that has the effect of making those imported good more expense to us. It puts pressure on the foreign country, while hurting us at the same time.
That does not imply that I agree with that idiot in the White House who doesn't understand tariffs and uses it to nilly-willy like a spoiled 10-year-old.

What we need is to agree that this is a problem that must be addressed, and then use political will to find solutions.
And we already have, which is why the US has been THE LEADER in pollution control in industry for decades, and is still making substantive gains in reducing pollution and in paying to develop pollution friendly tech.
Give us credit, and look to the countries that aren't trying to make it better.
We have made progress, but hardly enough--CO2 levels are at their highest in the last 800,000 years.
U.S. emissions increased in 2018, although they are projected to decrease over the next two years. But none is due to Republican leadership or the man in the White House, who denies there is even a problem. You can't solve a problem you don't even recognize as being a problem.
We can do much better. But we have to decide to do it, decide how we want to do it, and to do it.