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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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Trump says U.S. will not approve solar or wind power projects (www.cnbc.com)
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These are the cheapest source of new electricity, and are generally cheaper than running existing coal-burning power plants

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 hours ago

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 37 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck Trump and the billionaires who prop him up. Every gas and oil CEOs and board members should he hunted for sport.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

When do we just start ignoring this clown? Build them without his approval.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago

I want to try this way

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Already are.