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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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2 Charged After Pouring Red Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution | Two activists poured the powder over the protective case to call attention to climate change (www.nytimes.com)
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The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nobody will change. I appreciate the spirit of these protesters, but people have been warning about this stuff since the 80s. Humans have the built in ability to think they will survive and prosper, while everyone else falls away. We saw this on full display when wearing a mask to protect, even superficial or not, your fellow human being became a contentious issue.

It's just all so disheartening. I could just doom dump a bunch right now.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We've been getting change; when the Democrats had a razor-thin majority in both houses of congress last session, we got meaningful climate legislation

A bunch of regulation has been layered on top of it to try and get additional emissions cuts.

It's not enough yet, but the operative word is yet. Put a bunch more Democrats into positions of power, and the US may actually do its part.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Great, so the US is going to marginally cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, this is a global problem, and globally, we achieved record emissions this year.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

The US isn't the only country to cut emissions during that time; the EU has done something similar, putting itself on a path towards zero emissions.

China is also on the cusp of a switch from rising emissions to falling ones.

Get those big three economies on the right path, and the easy default choice for the rest of the world will be decarbonization too.

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The US is one of the largest emitters though as third highest population globally, one of the most heavily developed, and one of the most dépendant on wasteful technologies like automobiles.

Marginal cuts to their emissions is worth more than a small nation going completely green. Both should happen mind you, but take wins wherever you can