#incomedisparity — Public Fediverse posts

Friend Potter: What Should Economy Grow Up To Be?

https://whig1453.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/friend-potter-what-should-economy-grow-up-to-be/

Friend Potter: What Should Economy Grow Up To Be?

https://whig1453.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/friend-potter-what-should-economy-grow-up-to-be/

Friend Potter: What Should Economy Grow Up To Be?

https://whig1453.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/friend-potter-what-should-economy-grow-up-to-be/

Friend Potter: What Should Economy Grow Up To Be?

https://whig1453.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/friend-potter-what-should-economy-grow-up-to-be/

"Under current policies, high-income countries are projected to see a 48% decline in road transport-attributable premature deaths by 2050, while...lower-middle-income countries face increases of more than 200%."😳

BUT - "An accelerated transition to electrification could substantially narrow this disparity."

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#health #PublicHealth #emissions #disparity #IncomeDisparity #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification
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https://theicct.org/publication/health-benefits-of-zero-emission-transport-through-2050/

"Under current policies, high-income countries are projected to see a 48% decline in road transport-attributable premature deaths by 2050, while...lower-middle-income countries face increases of more than 200%."😳

BUT - "An accelerated transition to electrification could substantially narrow this disparity."

4🧵🧐
/end
#health #PublicHealth #emissions #disparity #IncomeDisparity #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification
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https://theicct.org/publication/health-benefits-of-zero-emission-transport-through-2050/

"Under current policies, high-income countries are projected to see a 48% decline in road transport-attributable premature deaths by 2050, while...lower-middle-income countries face increases of more than 200%."😳

BUT - "An accelerated transition to electrification could substantially narrow this disparity."

4🧵🧐
/end
#health #PublicHealth #emissions #disparity #IncomeDisparity #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification
--
https://theicct.org/publication/health-benefits-of-zero-emission-transport-through-2050/

"Under current policies, high-income countries are projected to see a 48% decline in road transport-attributable premature deaths by 2050, while...lower-middle-income countries face increases of more than 200%."😳

BUT - "An accelerated transition to electrification could substantially narrow this disparity."

4🧵🧐
/end
#health #PublicHealth #emissions #disparity #IncomeDisparity #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification
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https://theicct.org/publication/health-benefits-of-zero-emission-transport-through-2050/

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There is also considerable #disparity —both in current & projected health burden of road transport-related pollution — which affects lower-income more than higher-income countries.

"The health burden of road transport pollution is distributed unequally, with low-income countries bearing a disproportionate and growing share..."

#health #PublicHealth #IncomeDisparity #emissions #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification

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There is also considerable #disparity —both in current & projected health burden of road transport-related pollution — which affects lower-income more than higher-income countries.

"The health burden of road transport pollution is distributed unequally, with low-income countries bearing a disproportionate and growing share..."

#health #PublicHealth #IncomeDisparity #emissions #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification

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There is also considerable #disparity —both in current & projected health burden of road transport-related pollution — which affects lower-income more than higher-income countries.

"The health burden of road transport pollution is distributed unequally, with low-income countries bearing a disproportionate and growing share..."

#health #PublicHealth #IncomeDisparity #emissions #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification

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There is also considerable #disparity —both in current & projected health burden of road transport-related pollution — which affects lower-income more than higher-income countries.

"The health burden of road transport pollution is distributed unequally, with low-income countries bearing a disproportionate and growing share..."

#health #PublicHealth #IncomeDisparity #emissions #VehicleEmissions #environment #pollution #EVs #electrification

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Nothing suspicious here at all! 🙄
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Nothing suspicious here at all! 🙄
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Nothing suspicious here at all! 🙄
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RE: https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/116654509395154823

#fairtaxation #taxtherich #incomeinequality #incomedisparity #tax #taxation #taxlaw #uspol #uspolitics #riggedsystem #fairtaxes #news #politics #history #taxpolicy #income #fairwages #economy #economics #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #uspol #uspolitics #politics #history #mic #weapons #Gaza #Palestine #Lebanon #israel #bombs #zionism #warcrime #politics #genocide #history #news #netanyahu #bengivr #genocide #thehague

If you don't know, this is how the system is rigged:
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If you don't know, this is how the system is rigged:
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If you don't know, this is how the system is rigged:
#fairtaxation #taxtherich #incomeinequality #incomedisparity #equality #disparity #tax #taxation #taxlaw #uspol #uspolitics #riggedsystem #fairtaxes #fightthepower #organize #news #politics #history #taxpolicy #fairness #income #fairwages #economy #economics #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #uspol #uspolitics #politics #news #history

If you don't know, this is how the system is rigged:
#fairtaxation #taxtherich #incomeinequality #incomedisparity #equality #disparity #tax #taxation #taxlaw #uspol #uspolitics #riggedsystem #fairtaxes #fightthepower #organize #news #politics #history #taxpolicy #fairness #income #fairwages #economy #economics #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #uspol #uspolitics #politics #news #history

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#fairtaxation #taxtherich #incomeinequality #incomedisparity #equality #disparity #tax #taxation #taxlaw #uspol #uspolitics #riggedsystem #fairtaxes #fightthepower #organize #powertothepeople #news #politics #history #taxpolicy #fairness #income #fairwages #economy #economics #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #uspol #uspolitics #politics #news #history

https://apnews.com/article/ceo-compensation-stock-awards-workers-pay-ratio-67449e8a07011e5390d704c665533f94?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c2c1600ae1507590e099
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On your feet or on your knees, USAmericans:
https://youtu.be/5ZEOCS3mEFE?si=2AxjT09PeRSKnNtM
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On your feet or on your knees, USAmericans:
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On your feet or on your knees, USAmericans:
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On your feet or on your knees, USAmericans:
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#fairtaxation #taxtherich #incomeinequality #incomedisparity #equality #disparity #tax #taxation #taxlaw #uspol #uspolitics #riggedsystem #fairtaxes #fightthepower #organize #powertothepeople #news #politics #history #taxpolicy #sanfrancisco #losangeles #fairness #income #fairwages #economy #economics

$5 Sharpie Lie Reveals Trump’s Economic Ignorance and Elite Disconnect

Trump’s $5 Sharpie claim exposes economic ignorance, elite detachment, and the collapse of his deal-making myth.

$5 Sharpie Lie Reveals Trump’s Economic Ignorance and Elite Disconnect

Trump’s $5 Sharpie claim exposes economic ignorance, elite detachment, and the collapse of his deal-making myth.

Some couples may receive $100,000 per year

Some high-earning married couples may now be receiving about…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #BreakingNews:Politics #Business #businessnews #FiscalPolicy #Governmentpensionsandsocialsecurity #Incomedisparity #Inflation #PersonalFinance #politics #Retireefinances #Retirees #retirementplanning #Socialissues #socialsecurity #taxes #U.S.SocialSecurityAdministration #wagegap
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/544694/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/403334/ Some couples may receive $100,000 per year #BreakingNews:Politics #Business #BusinessNews #Éire #FiscalPolicy #GovernmentPensionsAndSocialSecurity #IE #IncomeDisparity #inflation #Ireland #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #politics #RetireeFinances #retirees #RetirementPlanning #SocialIssues #SocialSecurity #Taxes #USSocialSecurityAdministration #WageGap

“Low-Wage 20” Report Spotlights Corporate Giants Paying Poverty Wages

https://murica.website/2026/03/low-wage-20-report-spotlights-corporate-giants-paying-poverty-wages/

“Low-Wage 20” Report Spotlights Corporate Giants Paying Poverty Wages

https://murica.website/2026/03/low-wage-20-report-spotlights-corporate-giants-paying-poverty-wages/

“Low-Wage 20” Report Spotlights Corporate Giants Paying Poverty Wages

https://murica.website/2026/03/low-wage-20-report-spotlights-corporate-giants-paying-poverty-wages/

What #Authoritarians May Learn About #Censorship From #Nepal’s #Protests

by Charlie Campbell
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Excerpt: "An eerie calm returned to Nepal on Wednesday after an army-enforced curfew paused two days of anti-government protests that had convulsed the capital Kathmandu and other cities, with predominantly young demonstrators burning tires, ransacking ministries, and invading politicians’ homes so that the occupants had to be airlifted to safety.

"At least 22 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured by security forces in the carnage, which was ostensibly sparked by state attempts to block access to social media but in truth reflect an explosion of long bottled-up rage against political corruption and widespread inequality in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.

"The banning of 26 social-media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X was officially due to the companies’ failure to register and submit to government oversight, though protesters attributed the move as an attempt to block the crescendo of online complaints from young people furious at the #LuxuriousLifestyles enjoyed by children of the #PoliticalElite, so-called '#NepoKids.'

"The disparity between what ordinary Nepalis experience and what they saw flaunted online prompted calls last week for #MassProtests — calls which only mushroomed following the hamfisted social-media ban. Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.

" 'The government in Nepal was trying to use those new social-media regulations to prevent the very thing that happened,;' says Michael Kugelman, a D.C.-based South Asia analyst. 'So it completely backfired.'

"The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today. But it’s a phenomenon that first came to light in the 2010 Arab Spring, when a series of anti-government protests swept the Middle East and North Africa that were predominately organized online.

"Most notably, and in a clear augury of Nepal today, efforts during the #ArabSpring to block social-media access simply cut a head of the hydra: highlighting the state’s blatant disregard for freedom of speech and assembly, vindicating the protesters’ complaints, and widening sympathy for their demands.

"Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls. Across Nepal’s northern frontier, #China’s Great Firewall became the poster child for tightly regulated online space. Not only does the #GreatFirewall block undesirable external information but also weeds out and proscribes politically sensitive domestic content."

Read more:
https://time.com/7315858/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-authoritarian-censorship-internet-freedom-analysis/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Censorship #IncomeDisparity #YeetTheRich

What #Authoritarians May Learn About #Censorship From #Nepal’s #Protests

by Charlie Campbell
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Excerpt: "An eerie calm returned to Nepal on Wednesday after an army-enforced curfew paused two days of anti-government protests that had convulsed the capital Kathmandu and other cities, with predominantly young demonstrators burning tires, ransacking ministries, and invading politicians’ homes so that the occupants had to be airlifted to safety.

"At least 22 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured by security forces in the carnage, which was ostensibly sparked by state attempts to block access to social media but in truth reflect an explosion of long bottled-up rage against political corruption and widespread inequality in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.

"The banning of 26 social-media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X was officially due to the companies’ failure to register and submit to government oversight, though protesters attributed the move as an attempt to block the crescendo of online complaints from young people furious at the #LuxuriousLifestyles enjoyed by children of the #PoliticalElite, so-called '#NepoKids.'

"The disparity between what ordinary Nepalis experience and what they saw flaunted online prompted calls last week for #MassProtests — calls which only mushroomed following the hamfisted social-media ban. Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.

" 'The government in Nepal was trying to use those new social-media regulations to prevent the very thing that happened,;' says Michael Kugelman, a D.C.-based South Asia analyst. 'So it completely backfired.'

"The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today. But it’s a phenomenon that first came to light in the 2010 Arab Spring, when a series of anti-government protests swept the Middle East and North Africa that were predominately organized online.

"Most notably, and in a clear augury of Nepal today, efforts during the #ArabSpring to block social-media access simply cut a head of the hydra: highlighting the state’s blatant disregard for freedom of speech and assembly, vindicating the protesters’ complaints, and widening sympathy for their demands.

"Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls. Across Nepal’s northern frontier, #China’s Great Firewall became the poster child for tightly regulated online space. Not only does the #GreatFirewall block undesirable external information but also weeds out and proscribes politically sensitive domestic content."

Read more:
https://time.com/7315858/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-authoritarian-censorship-internet-freedom-analysis/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Censorship #IncomeDisparity #YeetTheRich

What #Authoritarians May Learn About #Censorship From #Nepal’s #Protests

by Charlie Campbell
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Excerpt: "An eerie calm returned to Nepal on Wednesday after an army-enforced curfew paused two days of anti-government protests that had convulsed the capital Kathmandu and other cities, with predominantly young demonstrators burning tires, ransacking ministries, and invading politicians’ homes so that the occupants had to be airlifted to safety.

"At least 22 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured by security forces in the carnage, which was ostensibly sparked by state attempts to block access to social media but in truth reflect an explosion of long bottled-up rage against political corruption and widespread inequality in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.

"The banning of 26 social-media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X was officially due to the companies’ failure to register and submit to government oversight, though protesters attributed the move as an attempt to block the crescendo of online complaints from young people furious at the #LuxuriousLifestyles enjoyed by children of the #PoliticalElite, so-called '#NepoKids.'

"The disparity between what ordinary Nepalis experience and what they saw flaunted online prompted calls last week for #MassProtests — calls which only mushroomed following the hamfisted social-media ban. Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.

" 'The government in Nepal was trying to use those new social-media regulations to prevent the very thing that happened,;' says Michael Kugelman, a D.C.-based South Asia analyst. 'So it completely backfired.'

"The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today. But it’s a phenomenon that first came to light in the 2010 Arab Spring, when a series of anti-government protests swept the Middle East and North Africa that were predominately organized online.

"Most notably, and in a clear augury of Nepal today, efforts during the #ArabSpring to block social-media access simply cut a head of the hydra: highlighting the state’s blatant disregard for freedom of speech and assembly, vindicating the protesters’ complaints, and widening sympathy for their demands.

"Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls. Across Nepal’s northern frontier, #China’s Great Firewall became the poster child for tightly regulated online space. Not only does the #GreatFirewall block undesirable external information but also weeds out and proscribes politically sensitive domestic content."

Read more:
https://time.com/7315858/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-authoritarian-censorship-internet-freedom-analysis/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Censorship #IncomeDisparity #YeetTheRich

What #Authoritarians May Learn About #Censorship From #Nepal’s #Protests

by Charlie Campbell
Updated: Sep 10, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Excerpt: "An eerie calm returned to Nepal on Wednesday after an army-enforced curfew paused two days of anti-government protests that had convulsed the capital Kathmandu and other cities, with predominantly young demonstrators burning tires, ransacking ministries, and invading politicians’ homes so that the occupants had to be airlifted to safety.

"At least 22 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured by security forces in the carnage, which was ostensibly sparked by state attempts to block access to social media but in truth reflect an explosion of long bottled-up rage against political corruption and widespread inequality in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.

"The banning of 26 social-media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X was officially due to the companies’ failure to register and submit to government oversight, though protesters attributed the move as an attempt to block the crescendo of online complaints from young people furious at the #LuxuriousLifestyles enjoyed by children of the #PoliticalElite, so-called '#NepoKids.'

"The disparity between what ordinary Nepalis experience and what they saw flaunted online prompted calls last week for #MassProtests — calls which only mushroomed following the hamfisted social-media ban. Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.

" 'The government in Nepal was trying to use those new social-media regulations to prevent the very thing that happened,;' says Michael Kugelman, a D.C.-based South Asia analyst. 'So it completely backfired.'

"The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today. But it’s a phenomenon that first came to light in the 2010 Arab Spring, when a series of anti-government protests swept the Middle East and North Africa that were predominately organized online.

"Most notably, and in a clear augury of Nepal today, efforts during the #ArabSpring to block social-media access simply cut a head of the hydra: highlighting the state’s blatant disregard for freedom of speech and assembly, vindicating the protesters’ complaints, and widening sympathy for their demands.

"Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls. Across Nepal’s northern frontier, #China’s Great Firewall became the poster child for tightly regulated online space. Not only does the #GreatFirewall block undesirable external information but also weeds out and proscribes politically sensitive domestic content."

Read more:
https://time.com/7315858/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-authoritarian-censorship-internet-freedom-analysis/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Censorship #IncomeDisparity #YeetTheRich

#IncomeDisparity "Find out how much time it would take for you to make as much as these highly paid CEOs. It would take someone making $85,000 more than 1,900 years to make as much as the highest paid CEO in this year’s AP CEO compensation survey."

https://apnews.com/business/ceo-pay-calculator-2025-000001971c44d17ba3ff5fcdd9ab0000

#IncomeDisparity "Find out how much time it would take for you to make as much as these highly paid CEOs. It would take someone making $85,000 more than 1,900 years to make as much as the highest paid CEO in this year’s AP CEO compensation survey."

https://apnews.com/business/ceo-pay-calculator-2025-000001971c44d17ba3ff5fcdd9ab0000

#IncomeDisparity "Find out how much time it would take for you to make as much as these highly paid CEOs. It would take someone making $85,000 more than 1,900 years to make as much as the highest paid CEO in this year’s AP CEO compensation survey."

https://apnews.com/business/ceo-pay-calculator-2025-000001971c44d17ba3ff5fcdd9ab0000

#IncomeDisparity "Find out how much time it would take for you to make as much as these highly paid CEOs. It would take someone making $85,000 more than 1,900 years to make as much as the highest paid CEO in this year’s AP CEO compensation survey."

https://apnews.com/business/ceo-pay-calculator-2025-000001971c44d17ba3ff5fcdd9ab0000

@AnarchistFederation

This is super important. Taya Graham absolutely nails it. The unfathomable wealth of oligarchs is what drives our civil society. Not 'right' versus 'left'.

#Wealth #Oligarchy #IncomeDisparity

@AnarchistFederation

This is super important. Taya Graham absolutely nails it. The unfathomable wealth of oligarchs is what drives our civil society. Not 'right' versus 'left'.

#Wealth #Oligarchy #IncomeDisparity

@AnarchistFederation

This is super important. Taya Graham absolutely nails it. The unfathomable wealth of oligarchs is what drives our civil society. Not 'right' versus 'left'.

#Wealth #Oligarchy #IncomeDisparity

@AnarchistFederation

This is super important. Taya Graham absolutely nails it. The unfathomable wealth of oligarchs is what drives our civil society. Not 'right' versus 'left'.

#Wealth #Oligarchy #IncomeDisparity

Harmful Dust From Drying Lakes - Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) Water Levels Decreases Ambient Dust And Racial Disparities In Population Exposure
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https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(24)00249-5 <-- shared technical article
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[similar to the public health impacts and challenges faced by communities around the dying Salton Sea, amongst others...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #pollution #dust #toxic #exposure #wind #publichealth #water #drought #GreatSaltLake #Utah #water #surfacewater #watersupply #climatechange #demographics #community #atrisk #minorities #income #disparity #humanhealth #mitigation #policy #planning #loss #drying #lake #terminallakes #inlandseas #ecology #habitat #lakebed #humanimpacts #mining #wateruse #overuse #desiccation #socialdisparity #incomedisparity #particulates

Harmful Dust From Drying Lakes - Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) Water Levels Decreases Ambient Dust And Racial Disparities In Population Exposure
--
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(24)00249-5 <-- shared technical article
--
[similar to the public health impacts and challenges faced by communities around the dying Salton Sea, amongst others...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #pollution #dust #toxic #exposure #wind #publichealth #water #drought #GreatSaltLake #Utah #water #surfacewater #watersupply #climatechange #demographics #community #atrisk #minorities #income #disparity #humanhealth #mitigation #policy #planning #loss #drying #lake #terminallakes #inlandseas #ecology #habitat #lakebed #humanimpacts #mining #wateruse #overuse #desiccation #socialdisparity #incomedisparity #particulates

Harmful Dust From Drying Lakes - Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) Water Levels Decreases Ambient Dust And Racial Disparities In Population Exposure
--
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(24)00249-5 <-- shared technical article
--
[similar to the public health impacts and challenges faced by communities around the dying Salton Sea, amongst others...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #pollution #dust #toxic #exposure #wind #publichealth #water #drought #GreatSaltLake #Utah #water #surfacewater #watersupply #climatechange #demographics #community #atrisk #minorities #income #disparity #humanhealth #mitigation #policy #planning #loss #drying #lake #terminallakes #inlandseas #ecology #habitat #lakebed #humanimpacts #mining #wateruse #overuse #desiccation #socialdisparity #incomedisparity #particulates

Harmful Dust From Drying Lakes - Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) Water Levels Decreases Ambient Dust And Racial Disparities In Population Exposure
--
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(24)00249-5 <-- shared technical article
--
[similar to the public health impacts and challenges faced by communities around the dying Salton Sea, amongst others...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #pollution #dust #toxic #exposure #wind #publichealth #water #drought #GreatSaltLake #Utah #water #surfacewater #watersupply #climatechange #demographics #community #atrisk #minorities #income #disparity #humanhealth #mitigation #policy #planning #loss #drying #lake #terminallakes #inlandseas #ecology #habitat #lakebed #humanimpacts #mining #wateruse #overuse #desiccation #socialdisparity #incomedisparity #particulates

This CBC article drives me crazy—it’s basically “there’s all this money sloshing around in Canadians’ bank accounts, but no-one’s spending it! NOBODY KNOWS WHY NOT!!”

Then 5 paragraphs down the article says “Lower and middle income households spent much of what they saved during the pandemic, while higher-income households have actually saved up more money…”

So Canadians are *not* sitting on mounds of cash. Only rich ones are.

#CBC #IncomeDisparity #EatTheRich

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pandemic-savings-canada-recession-1.7118020