Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution
Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution
journals.plos.org
Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
It’s less bad than I expected, but I am worried about the trend. If you check it the article you see there’s a graph in absolute numbers, and the absolute emissions for the top two brackets seem to be increasing while all the others are decreasing.