Georgiann Baldino<p>"World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as 5 billion people, report says... just 12 of the world's richest <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> have contributed nearly 17 million tonnes of emissions ...[said to be] more than 4 1/2 coal power plants over the course of a year.<br>"At the top of that list is Carlos Slim <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Helu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helu</span></a>, .... followed by Bill <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gates</span></a>, Jeff <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a>, Google founders Larry <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Page" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Page</span></a> and Sergey <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Brin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brin</span></a>, and luxury retail magnate Bernard <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Arnault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arnault</span></a>." Courtesy of CBS and Yahoo News <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-richest-1-emit-much-215000375.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/worlds-richest-</span><span class="invisible">1-emit-much-215000375.html</span></a></p>