• Climate Change

The Wealthiest 1% Create Twice the CO2 Emissions of the Poorest 50%

• 1%
• climate change
• greenhouse gas emissions
• inequality
• wealthiest 1%

The world’s richest one percent cause more than double the CO₂ of the poorest 50% according to a new study from Oxfam. From 1990 to 2015, CO₂ emissions rose by 60%; experts saw the wealthiest one percent’s emissions rise three times more than those of the poorest half during that period.

 Why this matters: While the wealthiest indulge in luxuries that contribute more to climate change, a federal report found that the poor will be among the earliest victims of climate crises and will be impacted the most.

• Climate Change

Climate Change Worsening Global Inequality

• climate change
• Environmental Justice
• income inequality
• inequality

A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has suggested that climate change has worsened global inequality and has caused the most economic harm to nations who have done the least to contribute to climate change. Additionally, countries with the highest temperatures suffered the most economic damage. As […]

• Health

New study reveals white Americans cause air pollution, minorities suffer the consequences

• air pollution
• Environmental Justice
• Green New Deal
• inequality

The burden of air pollution is not evenly shared, according to the American Lung Association, poorer people and some racial and ethnic groups are among those who often face higher exposure to pollutants and who may experience greater responses to such pollution. Now a new study published this week in the journal PNAS found that […]