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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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The Alberta government has lifted a ban on coal exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, a move that the regulator says will allow suspended projects to resume. (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Danielle Smith and the conservative party in Alberta is going to ruin one of Canada's greatest landmarks for fucking coal.

They're living in the stone age while everyone's already picking up nuclear and renewables like there's a firesale on hot cakes.

This is so goddamn infuriating, Albertans please reconsider who you vote for.

These capitalist vultures will level landmarks and literal mountains if it can earn them a cent.