The rich pollute the atmosphere more than the poorest people on the planet
A new study found that the richest 1% of people in the world emit twice as much carbon into the atmosphere as the poorest half of the world's population. The richest 10% of people in the world account for more than half of greenhouse gas emissions (52%) in the atmosphere, while the richest 1% account for 15%. This adds up to double the CO2 emissions of the poorest half of…