Episode 215: Climate’s Ledger

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that America’s wealthiest 10% is responsible for 40% of US greenhouse gas emissions.</p> <p>--- Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3726/climates-ledger/'>here</a>.   Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000190'>here</a>.    Read 'Vespers ["Once I believed in you..."]' by Louise Glück <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49758/vespers-once-i-believed-in-you'>here</a>. --- Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p> <p> </p>