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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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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I imagine its just a prick waving contest between the rich. They just compare the number in their account to the others and want to have a bigger number.