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[โ€“] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

~~It's 57 doing 80% now ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ™ƒ~~

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/just-57-companies-linked-to-80-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-since-2016

Capitalism working as intended

EDIT: I was made aware that the headline is misleading

[โ€“] Gloomy@mander.xyz 11 points 6 months ago

Only the it's not companies but entities which include China, the former soviet union and the Russian federation. This is such a fucking missleading title the guardian ran here.

https://carbonmajors.org/briefing/The-Carbon-Majors-Database-26913

[โ€“] gigachad@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Maybe it's a stupid question, but aren't the companies that burn the fossil fuel responsonsible for the emmisions?