Climate baddies
Ecocidal criminals are those residing on earth who have done more than their fair share of contributing to the ecological crisis. In general, contrary to popular belief, the richest amongst us are the worst (see Figure 1).
Global Ecological Villains
Digging further it can be seen that the 1% are concentrated in specific areas of the globe (see Figure 2).
More specifically the worst offenders can be singled out (see Figure 3):
- Roman Abramovich
- David Geffen
- Sheldon Adelson
- Bernard Amault
- Ann Walton Kroenke
- Ernesto Bertarelli
- Larry Ellison
- Ronald Perelman
- Laurene Jobs
- Bill Gates
- Michael Dell
- Sergey Brin
- Larry Page
- Tilman Fertitta
- Giorgio Armani
- Eric Schmidt
- Carlos Slim
- Jeff Bezos
Sydney Based Climate Crooks
Clive Palmer
A major driver of the expansion of Australian emissions via coal exploration and exports, Palmer helped former PM Tony Abbott overturn Labor’s successful, low-impact carbon pricing scheme. Palmer graduated from being a massive LNP donor to funding his own party and running hard against Labor and its commitment to stronger climate action at the 2019 election. Whilst not residing in Sydney, he lives just north in the Sovereign Islands, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, and in Sofia in Bulgaria.
Frank Lowy
Westfield shopping centre empire co-founder Frank Lowy was ranked the country’s ninth richest person with a net worth of $8.82bn. Mr Lowy splits his time between Israel and a waterfront residence in Sydney’s exclusive Harbour enclave Point Piper.
Harry Triguboff
An Australian billionaire real estate developer, Triguboff is the managing director of Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd. As of 2015 Meriton had built more than 55,000 residential townhouses and apartments since its creation in 1963. He lives in Sydney and owns a collection of cars.
Scott Morrison
A serial liar about the government’s climate policies — the most common topic of Morrison’s lies is climate action — who has sought to actively undermine international agreements relating to climate, Morrison has ensured a continuation of a decade of climate inaction and energy policy chaos, actively deterring investment in renewables while encouraging coal and gas-fired power (to the benefit of his political donors and former employers of his own staff). Bonus points for pretending to be moving towards meaningful climate action.
Rupert Murdoch
Future generations will identify the Murdoch family and those who work for it as a key reason for the failure to prevent significant climate change in the first quarter of the 21st century.
The right-wing media oligarch has consistently supported climate denialism and backed climate denialist politicians, and his outlets have campaigned hard against and lied about, any serious climate action. His influence in Australia, where his companies dominate the media, is particularly toxic.
Simple Protest
By no means does this wiki encourage civil protest, however it has been heard that some deplorable protesters have been placing dried lentils into the inside the valve cap of SUVs. Replace the cap, screwing it on with a few turns until you hear air hissing out. Even if it's only hissing out a little bit, that's enough - it will deflate slowly.[1]
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