Taylor Swift creates the most CO2 emissions through private jet usage among celebrities, despite not touring this year.

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Research from sustainability-driven digital marketing agency Yard found so far this year, through their private jet usage, the average celebrity has created 3256.36 tonnes of CO2 emissions. To put that into perspective, that is over 465 times more than the regular person who averages just seven tonnes per year flying commercially. These are the celebrities who are the biggest climate change offenders, emitting the most co2 emissions through their private jet usage:

1. Taylor Swift

CO2 flight emissions this year: 8,293.54 tonnes

Taking the number one spot, is the wholesome queen Taylor Swift. Shockingly, Taylor has created more carbon emissions than other celebrity at 8,293 tonnes. Pollution (Taylor’s version).

Racking up a total of 170 flights on her private jet since January, Taylor has amassed a vast 22,923 minutes in the air, or 15.9 days. Considering that she is not currently touring, this is a huge amount. Taylor’s average flight time is 80 minutes with an average of 139.36 miles per flight.

2. Floyd Mayweather

CO2 flight emissions this year: 7,076.8 tonnes

Boxer Floyd Mayweather takes the silver medal, emitting 7076.8 tonnes of CO2 from his private jet this year alone.

Mayweather has amassed more flights than any other celebrity on this list, taking 177 so far this year, which averages out to be 25 flights per month, or one per day. Floyd also has the shortest flight time on the list which was a pitiful 10 minutes. So much for the environment, eh.

3. Jay-Z

CO2 flight emissions this year: 6,981.3 tonnes

Beyonce’s other half takes the third spot place on this list. Jay-Z has taken 136 flights this year and spent nearly two weeks in the air.

He has emitted 6,981.3 tonnes of CO2 on his private jet which is 997.3 times more than the average person’s yearly emissions. Having not been on tour since 2017, Jay-Z really doesn’t have an excuse for raking up all those emissions. 

4. A-Rod

CO2 flight emissions this year: 5,342.7 tonnes

An American household name and J-LO’s ex, basketball player A-Rod has taken 106 private jet flights this year. With an average of 80 minutes per flight, A-Rod has created 5,342 tonnes of carbon emissions since January.

5. Blake Shelton

CO2 flight emissions this year: 4,495 tonnes

Blake Shelton is an American country music singer, known for a being coach on the US version of The Voice alongside his wife Gwen Stefani. This year Blake has spent 12,424 minutes in the air, emitting 4,495 tonnes of carbon emissions over a whopping 111 flights. Can him and Gwen hop on a private jet to the UK and tour here please?

6. Steven Spielberg

CO2 flight emissions this year: 4,465 tonnes

The next offender is renowned director Steven Spielberg who has emitted 4,465 tonnes of CO2 over 61 flights. Steven has the longest average flight time on this list at one hour 47 minutes.

His total time spent flying on his private jet this year is 12,341 minutes, meaning he’s spent nearly nine days in the air. If he’s flying to direct another iconic film then I’m not mad about it. 

7. Kim Kardashian

CO2 flight emissions this year: 4,268.5 tonnes

In 2022 alone, Kim’s jet emitted 4268.5 tonnes of carbon emissions over 57 flights which is 609.8 times more than the average person emits in a year. Kim’s average flight time is 85.49 minutes, for an average journey length of 99.78 miles with her shortest flight just a mere 23 minutes within California.

8. Mark Wahlberg

CO2 flight emissions this year: 3,735.2 tonnes

Eighth on the list is American actor Mark Whalnberg who has emitted 3,735 tonnes of carbon emissions this year over 65 flights.

Mark’s total flight time is 10,324 minutes meaning he’s spent over a week in the air this year. Mark frequently shares photos of him and his friends on his private jet to his Instagram, namely of them taking shots mid air of his own brand of Tequila. 

9. Oprah Winfrey

CO2 flight emissions this year: 3,493.17 tonnes

In 2022, the American presenter power-house Oprah has already taken 68 flights on her $75 million private jet creating 3,493 tonnes of carbon emissions – 499 times more than the average person.

Oprah’s shortest flight time this year was 14 minutes which alone created one tonne of CO2 emissions.

10. Travis Scott

CO2 flight emissions this year: 3,033.3 tonnes

Kylie Jenner was in hot water this week after posting a photo to her Instagram posing with her beau in front of two private jets with the caption: “you wanna take mine or yours?”. Despite Kylie’s average flight time apparently a mere 24.5 minutes, she doesn’t make the list of the top 10 celebs. It is actually her partner Travis Scott who uses his private jet more.

Travis’ total flight time for 2022 is already 8,384 minutes, or 5.8 days on his private jet, and we’re only seven months into the year. His average flight journey is just 7.31 miles which is only a 10 minute car ride. 

 

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Pollution (Taylor’s version).

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Are we sure this is reliable? I find it hard to imagine that Taylor racks up more private jet flights than some of the other rats on the list... if it's true, then it's very disappointing   

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28 minutes ago, fab said:

Are we sure this is reliable? I find it hard to imagine that Taylor racks up more private jet flights than some of the other rats on the list... if it's true, then it's very disappointing   

 

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3 minutes ago, fab said:

Are we sure this is reliable? I find it hard to imagine that Taylor racks up more private jet flights than some of the other rats on the list... if it's true, then it's very disappointing   

There have been 210 days this year so far. The article lists Taylor having 170 flights, so unless she's been literally living in that private jet it makes no sense  There's also a lot of inconsistencies with the other celebrities' numbers, which people have actually pointed out. The Tab isn't exactly a reliable source either.
 

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But don't get me wrong, I'm sure she -- just like most of Hollywood who can afford it -- uses her private jet religiously, and we should absolutely pressure her to do better. There's a bigger underlying issue behind all of this with wealthy individuals flying their private jets out whenever they want wherever they want, and that is a big issue that does include Taylor. 

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2 minutes ago, Snow said:

There have been 210 days this year so far. The article lists Taylor having 170 flights, so unless she's been literally living in that private jet it makes no sense  There's also a lot of inconsistencies with the other celebrities' numbers, which people have actually pointed out. The Tab isn't exactly a reliable source either.

But don't get me wrong, I'm sure she -- just like most of Hollywood who can afford it -- uses her private jet religiously, and we should absolutely pressure her to do better. There's a bigger underlying issue behind all of this with wealthy individuals flying their private jets out whenever they want wherever they want, and that is a big issue that does include Taylor. 

it's understandable that a celebrity of Taylor's status can't fly commercial due to security concerns. Still, it makes a difference to me whether or not she flies to Las Vegas or Palm Springs every other day or whether she's making an effort to reduce her carbon footprint   With the impression I have from Taylor, I'm inclined to think that the 170 flights is greatly exaggerated  

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seems like the numbers were just made up from thin air

 

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2 minutes ago, fab said:

it's understandable that a celebrity of Taylor's status can't fly commercial due to security concerns. 

Yeah, that too. She's had a lot of problems with violent stalkers, way more than the average celebrity, so it's a safety concern as well.

5 minutes ago, fab said:

Still, it makes a difference to me whether or not she flies to Las Vegas or Palm Springs every other day or whether she's making an effort to reduce her carbon footprint   With the impression I have from Taylor, I'm inclined to think that the 170 flights is greatly exaggerated  

Her average flight time is 80 minutes long, so at the very least it isn't something like Kylie Jenner's trips where most of her flights seemingly average around 10-20 minutes. And yeah it makes no sense for Taylor to be flying that much  her numbers average to a flight every 1.2 days, she can't possibly be flying every single day.

23 minutes ago, Equals = said:

 

This makes a lot more sense, and actually reminds me of when Ariana was tracked using Taylor's jet to fly out of the UK after the 2017 Manchester bombings. It was reported as Taylor "lending" her private jet to Ariana (x), but it was later revealed that Ariana was actually just flying using the jet that Taylor usually used to fly to the UK. 

Rather than letting her private jet stay dormant on the ground, she put it up for charter so anyone could rent it, which is definitely something she would do since it's a business-savvy move that makes her money  And due to maintenance it's literally impossible for the plane to be flying that much anyways.

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There are other angles you can criticize Taylor in when it comes to environmental friendliness (ie: I don't think her merch, like most other celebrity merch, were produced through the most sustainable practices), so I'm not sure why people are jumping on the one where the math and logic literally doesn't add up  but that's social media for you I guess.

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Seems true to me  Rolling Stone has posted about it, and her reps confirmed it: 

So she didn’t personally take all of those flights, but it’s still her jet.

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Media trying to make a like woman a bad person. Again.