For example, in France, the richest one percent emit as much carbon in one year as the poorest 50 percent in 10 years.
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Nor are the wealthy invested in polluting industries at a similar ratio to any given investor—billionaires are twice as likely to be invested in polluting industries than the average for the Standard & Poor 500, previous Oxfam research has shown.
And, these are the kinds of things that make me show my environmentalist side. It really pisses me off.This is in my stomping grounds. They did it before, a few years ago, got fined which they paid, and are now doing it again.
Corporate doesn't care...it's pennies on the dollar.
Fires were started via arson not climate changeYou guys memba when Canada was literally on fire at the earliest point in the spring ever, making my f#&%ing throat sore and the Northeast seaboard a hellish orange? That was so 2 weeks ago... At least now it’s only the worst wildfire season in recorded history for Canada. Good thing it's almost July.
“See! Technology helps fight against climate change. Therefore, we should fight against improvements in technology to continue to fight a changing climate!”Here's the article if anyone wants to read it and understand why these tweets are missing the point: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/drop-climate-related-disaster-deaths-not-evidence-against-climate-emergency-2023-09-19/