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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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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 15 points 13 hours ago

I'm shocked, but thank goodness. Next the red states are going to bring suit that Trans people are only 3/5 of a person.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 25 points 14 hours ago

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a bid by Republican-led states to block lawsuits brought by a group of Democratic-led states that seek to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their fossil fuel products' contributions to climate change.

Woot some good news

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

They're using baseline common law tort. The only way they're really going to be able to block it completely is to codify it like they did for gun manufacturers. That or throw out the rule of law entirely. The precedence they're using predates the establishment of the Republic itself. The supreme Court can't just throw it out without throwing out a whole lot more.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

It’s simpler than that; they can’t let red states block blue states’ legal action without letting the opposite happen too. They can decide individual cases that make it far enough in the system later anyway.