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America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a steep cliff between the 95% and the .01%. I wonder what proportion is just the .01

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The income of the top 1% alone – households making more than $550,000 – was linked to 15% to 17% of this pollution.

The report also identified “super-emitters.” They are almost exclusively among the wealthiest top 0.1% of Americans, concentrated in industries such as finance, insurance and mining, and produce around 3,000 tons of carbon pollution a year. To put that in perspective, it’s estimated people should limit their carbon footprint to around 2.3 tons a year to tackle climate change.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for finding that for me