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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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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday her intention to sue the fossil fuel industry for its role in changing Michigan's climate and threatening the state (www.detroitnews.com)
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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Detroit

Wonder why she doesn't also sue the auto industry for not moving away from fossil fuels earlier

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The technology still isn't competitive for US buyers.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, could be that, or could be the fact that it'd be political suicide to pick a fight with the auto industry in their home turf

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bicycles ?

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Bicycles aren't even an option where I'm at and I've lived by bike in other cities in Europe and the west coast of the US. I wish it was an option. There's no public transportation either.