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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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US Expects To Add 32 More Gigawatts Of Solar Power In Next 12 Months (cleantechnica.com)
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...“Solar power is the fastest-growing source of new electric generating capacity in the United States, driven by large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects built by electric utilities and independent power producers,”...

...“At a time when electricity demand is skyrocketing to meet the needs of AI, data centers, and manufacturing, the Administration is using every tool at its disposal to slow down solar and storage projects,” SEIA emphasizes.

“This blockade is undermining American energy security, driving up costs for families and businesses, and exacerbating the ‘energy emergency’ that the Trump administration itself declared earlier this year,”...

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In spite of the current administration.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Weirdly enough, Texas is one of the leaders in solar rollout.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Jigga what?