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‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Concave1142@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago

Climate issues have always been pushed down to the individuals. The people are asked to recycle and meanwhile corporations have zero ramificationsfor polluting endlessly.

[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Actually even worse look at wells and unclosed wells, some corporations will drill then just leave the mess to everyone else.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Starbucks CEO or someone was taking a private jet to the office. I mean, seriously what in the living fuck.

[-] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago

I mean, seriously what in the living fuck.

That's just the tip of the iceberg

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/billionaires-emit-more-carbon-pollution-90-minutes-average-person-does-lifetime

this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025

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