Billionaires produce as much carbon pollution in 90 minutes as the average person in a lifetime, study reveals

The world is trying to reduce carbon emissions through renewable energy and other environmentally friendly initiatives. But it seems that one of the best ways to reduce these planet-warming gases would be for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to stop using their private jets and yachts so much. According to a new report, members of the super-rich create the same amount of carbon emissions in 90 minutes as the average person does in their entire life.

Oxfam, a British NGO that focuses on tackling global poverty, has published a report examining carbon inequality. It looks at how the yachts, planes and polluting investments of the world's 50 richest billionaires are accelerating the climate crisis. (Rob Thubron, more at techspot.com)