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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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We're Supposed To Be Done Finding New Oil and Gas. We're Not. (www.splinter.com)
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[–] blazera@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah everyone was applauding that huge bill that mandated millions more acres of oil and gas extraction.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, the number of leased acres dropped sharply

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Right, it was a 2022 bill, taking effect later.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It's going to remain incredibly low:

The administration said oil and gas companies would be able to drill in just three new areas in the Gulf between 2024 and 2029, the smallest number of lease sales offered since the federal drilling program began decades ago.

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I like how they use words like handful, and "just three areas". Those "areas" comprise millions of acres each.