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☆ America’s richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesTo do this, the researchers analyzed huge datasets spanning 30 years to connect financial transactions to carbon pollution. They found the wealthiest 10% in the US, households making more than about $178,000, were responsible for 40% of the nation’s human-caused, planet-heating pollution. But a household making money from the hospital industry would need to bring in $11 million to produce the same amount of planet-heating pollution. Identifying the main actors behind the climate crisis is vital for governments to develop policies that cut planet-heating pollution in a fair way, he added. “At the moment, the way the economy works is that it takes money and turns it into climate pollution that is destabilizing life on Earth,” Nicholas said.

Persons: CNN —, you’ve, it’s, ”, Jared Starr, Robert Alexander, ” Starr, Starr, Kimberly Nicholas, Mark Paul, ” Nicholas Organizations: CNN, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Santa, Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Lund University, Rutgers University, Oxfam, “ Locations: Santa Fe, Santa Fe , New Mexico, Sweden

☆ Track Star Tori Bowie Died in Childbirth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Talya Minsberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Track and Field Career: She was the world’s fastest woman. Bowie’s ascension to the fastest woman in the world began on a basketball court in Sandhill, Miss. Pisgah High School was too small to field separate basketball and track teams, so if Bowie wanted to play basketball, she would have to run track, too. She went on to help her track team win state titles, competing in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and long jump. “It was one of the best conversations we’ve had in a long time,” Holland said over the phone on Monday.

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☆ NYC worker saw her job title advertised at up to $90K more than her pay—what to do if it happens to you
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

That's what happened to Kimberly Nguyen in March: The NYC worker went viral on Twitter when she saw an opening for her job title was being advertised with a pay range up to $90,000 higher than her own salary. A slim minority, 45%, of companies currently include pay ranges in job postings, according to a 2023 Payscale report. If you find your own job title online listed at a higher salary, here are some things you can do. There are some good reasons why similar job titles could have different pay ranges, says Ruth Thomas, a pay equity strategist at Payscale. You could use public salary ranges to ask for a raise.

☆ A NYC worker saw her company was hiring for her job title but paying up to $90K more—so she applied for it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Because the company is hiring in NYC, which requires salary ranges on job listings, she saw that the intended pay for the new hire would be $32,000 to $90,000 more than her current salary. The Citi spokesperson adds the company has listed pay ranges on all U.S. job ads since mid-October. Following that discussion, Nguyen says the prospective company began undergoing layoffs and ended up rescinding their job offer. "As a contractor, I'm in a pretty vulnerable position," she adds. "The full-time employee conversion is being dangled in front of me like a reward that I'm not actually sure I'm guaranteed."

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