China apparently holds the dubious distinction of having the Parliament with the richest members in the world. There are 83 billionaires in the National People’s Congress. By contrast, there are no billionaires in the US Congress. I wonder how discussions concerning income inequality will be conducted in that forum.
The past year saw the the second-greatest annual rise in CO2 emissions ever recorded. It is growing increasingly unlikely that we will be able to prevent an increase of greenhouse gases that will alter substantially the slimate of the earth. The rise is not a surprise but it is disheartening given the attention to the problem: one would hope for a different outcome.
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