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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Is there a typo here? If you make 140k a year in the US it puts you in the top 10% of earners, but still below average. Yes, part of the richest in the sense that most of the world probably makes less than you, but nowhere near the richest in terms of what these statistics are talking about when they refer to the top 1% - ie. people who make close to, if not more than, a million dollars per hour.

That is to say - someone making 140k is not capable of the levels of pollution that people with private jets, who take dozens of flights every year - not even scratching the surface of their shopping and eating habits, and the pollution caused by their businesses and investments.