The term ‘carbon pollution’ is unscientific and misleading: ‘Phrase conflates carbon dioxide with noxious chemicals like carbon monoxide and black carbon’
'The phrase 'carbon pollution' is scientifically inaccurate because there are more than ten million different carbon compounds, and the word 'carbon' could refer to any of them. Some of the more notorious of these compounds are highly poisonous, such as carbon monoxide (a deadly gas) and black carbon (the primary ingredient of cancerous and mutagenic soot). Using a phrase that does not distinguish between such drastically different substances is a sure way to misinform people.'
http://www.justfactsdaily.com/the-term-carbon-pollution-is-unscientific-and-misleading