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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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Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I will continue to work to regulate oil and gas from within the government (my job), and I will do my best at that, but it is definitely not enough.

It's important to take the easy wins where we can that will potentially slow the climate crisis while fighting for more. There is no reason we can't do both.