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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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Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning. (www.desmog.com)
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[–] natarey 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but do they, though? I've heard this before, and they're as indifferent now as they've ever been.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are a ton of lawsuits. It'll come down to how courts rule, and we may well get different results in different countries.

[–] natarey 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've heard that before, too. I'm in the US, so I've got reason to be pessimistic about the reliability of the courts when it comes to holding wealthy people and corporations accountable.