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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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NYers oppose Gov. Hochul’s plan to roll back state’s climate law (www.fingerlakes1.com)
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[–] eksb@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kathy Hochul:

  • against congestion pricing
  • against reducing pollution
  • for giving a billion dollars to out-of-state billionaires to build a privately-owned head injury stadium where her husband has a contract to sell concessions

vote blue no matter who!

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There is a big difference between what you do in a primary and what you do in the general election. Pick and choose in the primary. Vote for the better of the two top candidate in the general. In NY that can mean voting for somebody like Hochul on a 3rd party line.

An actual Republican would be far worse.