Robert Reich801 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.
Jeff Gardiner
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‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #environment
Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/10/private-jets-are-awful-for-the-climate-its-time-to-tax-the-rich-who-fly-in-them?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Indoor heat tracking project by CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/urban-heat-project-explained-1.6913794 @cbcworld #climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis
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.
What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/frightens-climate-crisis-do-not-know-how-bad-wildfires-greece?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climate
Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/paris-charge-suv-drivers-higher-parking-fees-tackle-auto-besity?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #climate #ClimateCrisis #Paris
Sheril KirshenbaumWhen they pledge to ‘plant a tree,’ tell them you prefer they ‘protect a forest.’