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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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California Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation corporate climate disclosure bills (www.politico.com)
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Because these cover companies doing business in California, and require them to collect full-supply-chain information and estimate the climate impact of using their products, I expect to see this disclosure law to have global implications when it comes to corporate climate accountability.

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[–] StalksEveryone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

even if they do not gut the bill, this sounds more like a long term strategy to help people make more informed decisions about what their purchases contribute towards.

we need something to keep fresh water clean and available to the public. we could probably use more incentives for low-to-zero carbon emission Processes.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The governor's signature is the last step of turning the bill into law. No more opportunities to gut the law itself; what's left is trying to alter regulations and accounting rules.

[–] StalksEveryone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does the article say it could be gutted?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

There are people who want to change the legislation, but changing it in the way they're talking about requires passing another law through the Legislature