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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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AOC Says Climate Movement Must Become 'Too Big and Too Radical to Ignore' (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] FooBarrington 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it strange that they keep re-electing her? Could it be that... her agenda is their agenda? That "New Yorkers who are fed up with the current migrant crisis" aren't the majority?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You obviously don't live in the city.

[–] FooBarrington 9 points 1 year ago

You obviously have spoken with the majority of citizens and know their opinions? If only there was some way for citizens to choose who represents them... some way for all citizens to decide if the "agenda" of their representative conforms to their own...