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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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Hurricane misinformation festers, revealing a new side to the climate fight (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Very valid point. I guess I'm confused. I'm assume you have to sign something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

FEMA is in fact offering people up to $750 in immediate aid if they've lost wages or housing in the hurricane, so people have the ability to accept that. They're not taking peoples' houses or anything; it's pretty much no-strings-attached for Americans taking it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

BUT this isn't too farfetched, if you conflate things. Remember that there were people being offered like $2500 for "damages" from the East Palestine train derailment a few years ago (by the rail company) in exchange for waiving their right to sue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is a key difference between government programs and corporate self-dealing: the terms are well-known and not hidden in fine print