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A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming

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A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day ago

Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming

A new study observes economic patterns related to climate change in order to find the staggering amount of emissions pumped out by the rich.

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I wanna know how those 2/3rds are divided between those 10%.

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