Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ (www.carbonbrief.org)

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Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes

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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Calculate the own CO~2~ footprint

https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

[-] solo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

The carbon footprint sham: A 'successful, deceptive' PR campaign

British Petroleum [BP], the second largest non-state owned oil company in the world, with 18,700 gas and service stations worldwide, hired the public relations professionals Ogilvy & Mather to promote the slant that climate change is not the fault of an oil giant, but that of individuals.

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