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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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SCOTUS could deal another blow to climate action / A cornerstone of US efforts to tackle climate change is in the hands of the Supreme Court again. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I respectfully hope I’m proven right and you’re proven wrong.

You and me, both. But I've been living through this bait-and-switch pattern since Carter.

Biden was absolutely the worst of the lot, but hey maybe his VP will be different.

He’s the “not Trump” placeholder candidate, and Kamala has simply been along for the ride.

The entire pitch for Biden since January has been "if you don't zealously support him with all of your heart, you're going to let Trump do a fascism and destroy the entire American democratic system".

He is explicitly and unequivocally running as a block to Trump. And the only reason he got ousted was due to his failure in this role.

The Dems know this, they know their base will vote for a ham sandwich to keep Trump out of office, and so they're free to sell out to corporate interest at every opportunity on the grounds that voters don't have another choice.