Celebrity emissions: How can we shrink the carbon footprints of the super-rich?
By DW
02 January 2023 |
3:20 pm
From Roman Abramovich's yacht and Taylor Swift's private jet to the sprawling warehouses and data centers of Jeff Bezos' Amazon, the lifestyles and business interests of the world's billionaires are baking the planet.
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