2023-08-18 Wealthiest 10% Are Source Of 40% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Quote: “”The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the journal PLOS Climate.””

Quote: “”The wealthiest 1 percent of households were responsible for between 15 percent and 17 percent of emissions.””

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4157562-us-climate-emissions-attributed-richest-households-study/

I started thinking about this and guessed that some – probably more than the average – of the GHG emissions were from travel, by airplane, cruise ships and automobiles. Especially if the family has a lot of cars and they use them a lot, day-to-day.

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