Top 10% of UK Earners Use Nearly 3x the Energy of Bottom 30%, Study Finds

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By Olivia RosaneDec 16, 2022, 7:14 pm158 pts
Yet another study provides evidence that humanity is not all equally responsible for the climate crisis. The UK-based research, published in Ecological Economics, finds that the top 10 percent of income earners in the country use almost three times as much energy as the bottom 30 percent. What’s more, the top…

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