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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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Poll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate change (www.marylandmatters.org)
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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Never gonna happen. The polluters have already bought and paid for our government.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

There are enough Democrats in office right now that it's not completely out of the question. If you live in MD, it's worth looking up and calling your state legislators about the possibility.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Democrats take corporate money too.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago

Yes, but not all are unwilling to take climate action. We've seen good things happen in other states already