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World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam (2015) (slrpnk.net)

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-richest-10-produce-half-of-global-carbon-emissions-says-oxfam

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[-] iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

back then climate change (cc) wasn't too obvious: but now we got wildfires, melting icebergs, venise going underwater (which is nice in fact): awareness can spread much quicker now with the advent of internet. people realize the damage when they see immediate consequences, when most of the time it could be late at that point ..

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