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America's richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds (www.cnn.com)
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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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[–] bigwag1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Balance it out with some planet-cooling pollution

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[–] BongRipsMcGee420@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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