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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 rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives | At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy (wapo.st)
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“I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

If you're an American, and you want to stop this, here's what you need to do:

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is a discussion about US climate policy. The inflation reduction act is the most important piece of legislation in US history on the subject of climate. Maybe even including the clean air and water acts. I'd encourage you to read up on it.

And I'd encourage you not to use initialisms that are unfamiliar to the vast majority of people on a global forum without explaining them

Americans are the first to complain when it happens the other way around because their worldview is so blinkered!

The IRA is definitely the Irish Republican Army 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Being ex British Forces, this always makes me laugh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I was wondering what it had to do with Individual Retirement Accounts.