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Tiny Fraction of Global Elites Emit as Much Carbon as Bottom 66 Percent

The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produce as much carbon as the bottom 66 percent, a new study shows.
Tiny Fraction of Global Elites Emit as Much Carbon as Bottom 66 Percent
Jets airplanes are parked at the Dubendorf Air Base, east of Zurich on Jan. 18, 2023. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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11/20/2023|Updated: 11/21/2023
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Critics who rail against the hypocrisy of wealthy global elites jet-setting on carbon-spewing private planes while pontificating about the need for the rest of us to cut our climate footprints just got a boost from a new study.

It turns out that the world’s richest 1 percent emit about the same amount of carbon as the world’s poorest two-thirds, according to an analysis from the nonprofit Oxfam International.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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