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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 One Big Change to the SEC’s Climate Rule: Emissions reporting requirements have gone from mostly mandatory to quasi-discretionary. [US stock market regulator] (heatmap.news)
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[–] zerkrazus@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, because that'll certainly help things. /s

Didn't we already try little to no regulations at least once in this country? Deregulating doesn't generally help anyone except the rich.

[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

The SEC is the lamest government agency doing arguably the most important (economical) job. And all it is is a brooding ground for future Wall Street execs.

It’s intentionally toothless, slow, and in bed with Wall Street.

Burn the SEC to the ground.