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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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Schumer Says Democrats Will Try to Restore Clean Energy Tax Credits (www.nytimes.com)
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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said Democrats would pursue an agenda to reduce energy costs if they win back control of Congress.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

No. Come on. Chuck was there when Obama squandered a majority. You can't wait until you know you'll win to even try. Leadership means making the case for doing what's right, not collecting a paycheck until conditions get so bad the voters demand action. Consevatives sure as shit don't wait until they have a majority to advance their agenda.

Of course, that's the problem. Chuck is a corporate-owned centrist hired to be opposition in name only. He's not the solution to any problem we face.