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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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REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action (www.desmog.com)
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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

You know anyone that uses the term "clean coal" has been bought.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Not surprised. Pretty standard part of corporate PR efforts, and the value to Mobil of sponsoring Masterpiece Theatre decades ago is pretty well documented.

[–] A_S_B@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

At least it is good that now we have some more concrete proof of what these organizations have been doing for decades and never really stopped doing.