Gladwyn d’SouzaAug 22, 2023
#TragedyOfEnclosure: #America's dominance as the world's foremost #economicpower — a dominance reflected in its large #investor class, which because of its #wealth is figuratively steering #Earth off of the #climate cliff.
#EmissionsInEquality #WhiteFaceBlackFuel #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence #ClimateResponsibility #BipartisanKleptocracies #NationalizeFossilFuel
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/how-wealthy-super-emitters-are-disproportionately-driving-the-climate--while-blaming-you/
How wealthy "super emitters" are disproportionately driving the climate crisis — while blaming you

A study found that the top 10% of households are responsible for 40% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

Salon.com
Gladwyn d’SouzaAug 2, 2023

https://issafrica.org/iss-today/conflict-and-organised-crime-are-razing-cars-rainforests

In what appears to be a historical pattern of #foreign establishments scrambling for the CAR’s natural #resources, the recent incursion of the Russian #WagnerGroup has brought back this #criminalenterprise. Civil society investigative sources have raised concerns about the links between the protracted #conflict and #forestexploitation in the CAR. To cut the timber at almost no cost, #mercenaries have committed #humanrightsabuses, including invading and ‘emptying’ towns and villages – contributing to instability in the #rainforest region.
#BipartisanKleptocracies #NeoColonialCorruption #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #AcceleratingKeelingCurve #civiliancasualties #assange #abolishthepolice

Conflict and organised crime are razing CAR’s rainforests - ISS Africa

International support is needed to sanction businesses complicit in timber trafficking from the Central African Republic.

ISS Africa