- Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap
- Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, and Coal India were the top three CO2-emitting companies during this period.
- InfluenceMap’s database aims to increase transparency around climate change contributors for legal, academic, campaign, and investor purposes.
This just in: few companies supply energy to our planet.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. These are massive conglomerates that will keep pumping as long as the demand exists
These are massive conglomerates that will keep demand high by attacking alternative energy sources, funding climate denial, and engaging in sanctioned corruption.
Yeah - those headlines do more harm than good as people will just point fingers and think it’s enough to shut those companies down in order to fix climate change…
As long as there’s demand other companies will step in and then instead of those few you have 10-20 supplying the same amount of oil with nothing gained
No no it’s regular people not putting plastic take-out containers in the recycling bin doing it!
Tax them!
Most of the world’s carbon emissions come from burning fossil fuels, so, yes, it would be those fossil fuel producers who would be linked to those emissions. I suppose we could all come together and force those companies to shut down and cease operations immediately. Global greenhouse gas emissions would plummet, but the global economy would collapse and there would be mass starvation and death.
But it’s the straws and charging for plastic bags that’ll make a real impact.
There’s more than one type of pollution, and, likewise, more than one thing we can all do to help clean up our environment.
Since my city banned plastic bags and instituted a bag fee, everyone has switched to reusable bags. Gone are the days of plastic bags strewn about, gathered in gutters, stuck in trees in trees for years. Dystopian shit. I’m glad they’re gone. I have to use other things for scooping out the cat box, but I make do.
Every little bit helps, and the more that contribute, the bigger the impact.
Those days are gone in a few countries, sadly not most. Here trash is burnt every day outside houses.
I’m glad to hear that the policy has led to visible, positive change in your community.
Fossil fuel use does not in and of itself release microplastics.
Plastic products does.
Isn’t the main concern of plastic that it promotes the release of greenhouse gases? If these companies are responsible for most CO2 emissions, plastics being the minority, we should be prioritizing these companies over individual people.
What if we made our local communities less trashy and polluted for no reason?!
But I better watch my use of straws!
Why are they counting emissions at extraction and not consumption?
If the companies leave the carbon they own in the ground then it won’t get burnt.
How are we supposed to know what the end user will use it for? They could be burning it or bathing in it.
