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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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The EPA Is Backing Down From Environmental Justice Cases Nationwide (theintercept.com)
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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There is no good conservative alive on earth.

They insist on unlimited dumping of carcinogens into waterways. Because conservatives are racist, they choose the waterways that kill the most people of color.

Now the conservative "supreme" court is ready to gut EPA powers to prevent them from protecting the victims of conservatives.

Conservatives are proactively killing people of color and the fucking "supreme" court is making it perfectly legal to do.

This planet is in desperate need of a cleansing.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Honestly, at what point do we stop working within the system and following the rules trying to fight these monsters? They don’t follow the rules at all. They cheat and lie at every opportunity. I used to believe that taking the high road would eventually win out, but I don’t think that’s possible anymore.

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Feeling the same way, friend. When do we fight back? When do the gloves come off? I don't know yet, but I feel it's coming

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Unfortunately, I agree with your assessment.