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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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'Battle plan': How the US far right would dismantle climate programs (www.eenews.net)
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[–] mediainfidel@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, not only are these psychotic maniacs unwilling to take even the most conservative actions to stem the tide of global climate change, but they are gleefully seeking to bring about the end of humanity as soon as possible.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago

American conservatives and fundamentalists are heavily invested into an “End of Days” mythos – not only are they not avoiding it, they are eagerly trying to accelerate the apocalypse