America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

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    From the article:

    They found the wealthiest 10% in the US, households making more than about $178,000, were responsible for 40% of the nation’s human-caused, planet-heating pollution.

    So this only focuses on emissions from the US

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      This, and most of China’s carbon emissions come from the production of goods for the rest of the world, so they’re not the only ones “responsible” for those 50%.

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      households making more than about $178,000

      So that’s a household, meaning it likely is two adults working plus children. I would like to see this broken down more granularly - what percentage is due to the top 1% or top 0.01%, and is it due to investments or private jets, yachts, and recreational space exploration.