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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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New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down (www.theguardian.com)
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Carbon capture is a lot more expensive than replacing a coal-burning power plant with renewables and storage, which means those will largely be what replaces coal-burning power plants.

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[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

This rule comes into effect in 2032, mind you, so it's not as aggressive as I'd like, but it is good.