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Jared Starr

@jaredmstarr

I'm a sustainability scientist, researcher and teacher at UMass Amherst.

Joined October 2015
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Great piece in Fortune by @iaivanova on our recent PLOS Climate study: fortune.com/2023/08/22/clima…
How America’s hotbed of progressive economics borrowed from Milton Friedman to pressure the...

How America’s hotbed of progressive economics borrowed from Milton Friedman to pressure the...

U. Mass–Amherst's Jared Starr says shareholder supremacy can tackle the climate emergency: "How do we provide the right incentive for people on corporate boards and the executive C-suite?"

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Great coverage of our work by @MatthewRozsa on Salon: salon.com/2023/08/22/how-wea…
Elite "super emitters" are driving the climate crisis and blaming you

Elite "super emitters" are driving the climate crisis and blaming you

A new study found that the top 10% of households are responsible for 40% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

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A great piece in The Hill by @BudrykZack on our recent publication: thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study

40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study

The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the journal PLOS Climate.  Researchers, …

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Great coverage of our recent PLOS Climate research by @AnaFaguy at Forbes: forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/20…
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Great coverage of our research by @laurapaddison at CNN: cnn.com/2023/08/17/business/…
America’s richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds |...

America’s richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds |...

America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they...

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Great coverage of our research by @KashaPatel in the Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions

The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions

About 15 days of emissions from the richest American was equal to a lifetime of emissions for someone in the poorest 10 percent in America, research found.

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Creating income for VERY wealthy households creates a staggering amount of carbon pollution. How much? Find out in this short video explaining our study that was published today in PLOS Climate. youtu.be/CgA0UgSEDjI
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Our new study looking at how much carbon pollution it takes to produce income for US households just posted on PLOS Climate. The top 1% of US households are responsible for more emissions than HALF of the US population. Investments are a key contributor. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm…
Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequal...

Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequal...

Current policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase adaptation and mitigation funding are insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. It is clear that further action is...

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Thanks @AndrewLFanning for sharing our work and for producing a great visualization. Super clear and captures the scale of emissions disparity well! Free access to the full article here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gJyo…
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Cool vid about recycling and social justice in different parts of the world: bit.ly/1So6h2y
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Thanks Ari @mesoplodon & Henry @minutephysics for advice @ComSciCon. Jeff Corwin @iamjeffcorwin FB posted my video on.fb.me/1WgoSxO!

544 reactions · 214 shares | Hey guys, check out this cool vid made...

Hey guys, check out this cool vid made by a friend of mine, Jarred Starr, we both attended UMASS Amherst for graduate school, this creative take on recycling was for his master's degree. It's...

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Thanks Jeff Corwin @iamjeffcorwin for posting my recycling video on FB! Jeff does amazing conservation work so this is a real honor. Thanks!
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Hi @souftadoufta, nice 1st tweet :)
Hello Lena! Thanks for following, you're my first tweet:)
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