The carbon footprints of the super-wealthy are far worse than we thought, study finds

Pop quiz: how much larger is the carbon footprint of a person in the top 1 per cent of earners in the US compared to someone in the bottom 50 per cent? The (somewhat depressing) answer: on average, it’s a 1,388 times bigger.

This means that, despite being outnumbered by 167 million people,…