"I can, I just..." and with that, he sunk back to the ground and looked back up at the sky, a more confused look on his face. "I'm not entirely weak, I still use my powers, but I can't seem to get rid of that ugly smog cloud! But yes, I normally can clear away pollution, and usually quite easily..."

Captain Planet was never one to quit, for sure, but something about this seemed almost pointless, as heartbreaking as it was; he wasn't going to admit it, though.