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#poorest — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #UK’s #richest set to produce 13 times more transport #emissions than #poorest by 2035 | #CarbonFootprints | The Guardian

    They found that the poorest groups were due to decarbonise much faster than the wealthiest, with the richest 4% set to emit 13 times more carbon from their domestic travel than the poorest 14%
    by 2035 – up from a tenfold gap today.

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Transport #FossilFuels #Inequality #Poverty

  2. “So there’s a sense that #tariffs will tend to hit the #poorest in society harder than the #richest, which, generally, is the opposite of what you want in trying to create an equitable #system.” fivebooks.com/best-books/t... #books #bestbooks #economics

    Tariffs