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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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US EPA Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: Officials moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much CO₂ & other planet-warming gases they emit (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It boggles my mind that half the US population voted for people who: -wants to make everyone who is not already super rich poor -destroy the planet with pollution -take away everyone's freedom and rights -destroy the economy

Oh well, enjoy your dystopia i guess?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sadly CO2 ends up distributed worldwide and affects everybody everywhere