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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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GOP Attorneys General Seeking to Block Climate Lawsuits Are Funded by Big Oil (truthout.org)
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[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Another thing that ought to shock you is the price.

A couple million is all that this is worth to these politicians. Integrity is selling cheap when you have none to offer, but it's sad that a serious issue is worth so little to them.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago

Depending on who and what issue, politicians can be bought for as little as $20k, from some reporting during the Trump admin. Amazing that they offer a truly scarce "commodity" for so little.