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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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The US no longer supports capping plastic production in UN treaty (grist.org)
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Environmental advocates understand the announcement as a reversal, calling it “absolutely devastating.”

The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty.

This represents a reversal of what the same groups were told at a similar briefing held in August, when Biden administration representatives raised hopes that the U.S. would join countries like Norway, Peru, and the United Kingdom in supporting limits on plastic production.

Nearly 70 countries, along with scientists and environmental groups, support the latter. They say it’s futile to mop up plastic litter while more and more of it keeps getting made.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The US never did; we've just reached the phase where villains don't feel like they need to hide their atrocities any more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, why the fuck did anyone ever expect any US administration to actually take meaningful action.

They're bought and fucking sold, the entire country

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The national religion is The Economy. No one can ever get elected on anything that doesn't put that as the biggest issue. Hell, we'll elect fraudster fascists with a known, terrible business track record if he looks like a caricature of the rich.