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Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate

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Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Efforts to curb climate change are failing. That’s partly due to the staggering contributions of the global elite.

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I too am one of the rich people 😓

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