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November 22, 2013

Study: 90 Companies Responsible for Bulk of Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
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Talks at the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw, Poland, are in their final
day. A coalition of environmental groups staged a walkout on Thursday in
protest of the failure to reach a binding deal limiting emissions. A new
study, meanwhile, shows just 90 corporations have been responsible for
nearly two-thirds of all greenhouse gas emissions since the Industrial
Revolution began in 1854. According to the Climate Accountability
Institute, half of all emissions have been produced in the past 25
years. The top corporate polluters are Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Saudi
Aramco, BP and Gazprom.

 

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