Use next Scottish budget to make richest polluters ‘clean up their acts,’ campaigners say
Smoke from the incinerator chimney and drift rising out of the cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham
CAMPAIGNERS have demanded that the next Scottish budget be used to make the richest polluters “clean up their acts.”
The call followed a report from anti-poverty charity Oxfam showing how much the lifestyles of the wealthy and climate change are connected.
Based on research conducted by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the report found that the richest 1 per cent emit as much carbon dioxide as the poorest two-thirds of the population of the planet — a staggering 16 per cent of global emissions.
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