Jeff Gardiner

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Climate. Coffee. Canadiens.

801 US billionaires control a record $6.2 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.

When 801 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report

Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

The Guardian
Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them

Private flights pollute up to 14 times more than commercial ones – yet are taxed less. Let’s change that

The Guardian
Introducing the CBC News Urban Heat Project | CBC News

In dozens of homes without air conditioning across five major cities, CBC News installed temperature and humidity sensors to test exactly how hot it gets. Participants are sharing how they're handling the heat — and how worried they are about keeping those vulnerable to the heat safe.

CBC
What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are

As the barrage of bad news from places like Greece continues, all we can be certain of is there are many surprises lying ahead, says analyst Roger Harrabin

The Guardian
Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’

Size, weight and motor will be taken into account as councillors target ‘dangerous, cumbersome’ vehicles

The Guardian
When they pledge to ‘plant a tree,’ tell them you prefer they ‘protect a forest.’