Matt Walsh: “The people that are destroying the planet, the worst offenders at destroying the planet are non-whites”

Meanwhile, historical analysis shows that the U.S. has emitted more carbon emissions than any other country

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From the April 3, 2024, edition of The Daily Wire's The Matt Walsh Show

MATT WALSH (HOST): Most of the air and water pollution in the world comes from Asia. So, she says that climate change is not only a man-made problem, but a white man-made problem. Well, most of the air and water pollution on earth comes from Asia. In fact, we talked about it recently that one Asian country has 83 of the top 100 polluting cities — the cities that have the most pollution, one Asian country has 83 of those top 100 cities, and that's the country of India. So, you know, that's Asia. And then Africa is the second worst offender when it comes to water pollution specifically, which means that the people that are destroying the planet, the worst offenders at destroying the planet are non-whites. 

A recent analysis showed that the United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions by a wide margin. The Guardian reported in 2021:

The Carbon Brief analysis shows that about 85% of the cumulative emissions of the US and China are from fossil fuel burning, and 15% from deforestation, with the reverse true for Brazil and Indonesia.

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The US has been the biggest cumulative polluter from 1850 all the way to the present day. Russia was the second biggest polluter until 2007, when its emissions were surpassed by China’s, whose emissions started rising rapidly from the 1970s. The UK was the third biggest emitter for a century, from 1870 until 1970, when it was overtaken by Brazil.

The Guardian also published this chart visualizing the data:

Chart showing historical rates of carbon emissions by country. The US is far ahead at first. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/05/historical-climate-emissions-big-polluting-nations