A mere 57 mega polluters produce bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, new analysis shows
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Just 57 mega polluters are responsible for the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and most big fossil fuel players have increased, rather than decreased, their output since the Paris Agreement in 2015, a staggering new report finds.

On the one hand, it makes it really hard to stay motivated with the teeny contribution I make to reducing emissions.
On the other, think of how much of a difference these 57 companies could make if they actually reached net-zero targets.

  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Just remember, carbon footprint was invented by the fossil fuel industry to distract people from how that industry is to blame for climate change. It’s rhetoric, not actual science. The research shows that consumptive habits basically can’t change your footprint anyway, and it’s almost entirely dictated by income. We aren’t to blame.

    Fossil fuel companies also bought out green tech and buried it, buried climate change research, funded disinfo compaigns, and lobbied states to not fund adoption on green tech initiatives. Their latest propaganda campaign is spreading doomerism.

    If they were trying to kill us all, they could hardly do more. The industry as a whole needs to go. There isn’t much of an alternative.