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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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[-] superphly@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Wait, how is that possible when China is responsible for 50% of the carbon emissions? This doesn’t add up.

[-] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 year ago

From the article:

They found the wealthiest 10% in the US, households making more than about $178,000, were responsible for 40% of the nation’s human-caused, planet-heating pollution.

So this only focuses on emissions from the US

[-] starfennec@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

This, and most of China's carbon emissions come from the production of goods for the rest of the world, so they're not the only ones "responsible" for those 50%.

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