Across the U.S., state-level Carbon Emissions are higher in states where income is more highly concentrated among the wealthiest residents, according to a new study by two Boston College researchers.
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Some highlights from the article:
- A one percent increase in the income share of the top 10 percent of a state's population results in tons of additional Carbon emissions
- Spending power drives carbon-intensive consumerism. But so do the political clout and Economic power of the wealthiest individuals, according to Jorgenson and Schor, whose analysis with co-author and BC graduate student Xiaorui Huang employed established economic models that assess the political and economic influence of individual wealth on society.
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