The 1% vs Our Planet

There’s no dispute that the top 1% receive perks from the government that regular folks don’t. They pay far fewer taxes relative to their income—Warren Buffet once stated that he pays less taxes than his secretary—and in June of 2022, Kim Kardashian’s two adjoining Hidden Hills lots went over their water allotment by 232,000 gallons.

Now, the Guardian reports that the top 1% is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66% due to the abundance of superyachts, private jets, climate-insulated mansions, space flights, and doomsday bunkers.

Read a summary of their collaborative investigation with Oxfam, the Stockholm Environment Institute, and other environmental experts here.