David Sacerdote on Nostr: Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions are incredibly skewed in the US: 10% of the ...

Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions are incredibly skewed in the US: 10% of the population emits 40% of the emissions, and there's a tiny population of wealthy super-emitters who manage put out as much in 15 days as the bottom 10% of the population does in their entire lifetime.

News coverage:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/17/greenhouse-emissions-income-inequality/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjkyMjQ0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjkzNjI3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTIyNDQ4MDAsImp0aSI6IjIwYWE3MmIwLWUyNGItNGU2My05ZmE4LTA5MjI4NzBiNjdmNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjMvMDgvMTcvZ3JlZW5ob3VzZS1lbWlzc2lvbnMtaW5jb21lLWluZXF1YWxpdHkvIn0.VW8T_f6h0KXSMBzbaKIW8hsXp_vYAdrXilx6jRASGp8

Paper:
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000190

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