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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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Trump administration taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says (www.politico.com)
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The directive puts these renewable energy projects under heightened scrutiny at Interior in a move that could slow approvals and construction.

Not my favorite outlet, but only one with coverage.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Good idea this way we can pay other countries for oil instead of taking the free energy we get from the sky.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Plus self-imposed tariffs!

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

Our economic policy switched from "skate to where the puck is going" to "show up in full uniform where the ice rink closed 35 years ago and there's just a strip mall anchored by a Ross and a closed Big Lots"