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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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[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The agency said its actions were warranted because the employees had signed the letter using their official titles and because the letter had denigrated the agency’s leadership. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” the E.P.A. press secretary, Brigit Hirsch, wrote in an email.

What an unpleasant snowflake!

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

The agency said its actions were warranted because the employees had ... denigrated the agency’s leadership. ... undermining, sabotaging and undercutting the administration’s agenda

Holy fuck, they literally just went and said "they were suspended for daring to question the king" but in corpo tongue.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Sounds very cool, and very legal. 112% legal. Nothing to see here.