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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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State House study panel hears renewed arguments between community solar advocates and Georgia Power (www.wabe.org)
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cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/4335235

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The Georgia Power Company and solar industry representatives renewed their long-running debate before lawmakers Tuesday over whether setting up a new solar program would provide the same benefits to ratepayers […]

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COP29 Update: A Climate of Failure (www.splinter.com)
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Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU (www.carbonbrief.org)
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Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules and America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement could all be on the chopping block once Donald Trump returns to office. (https)
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Why Being Climate ‘Positive’ Is the Buzzy New Goal of Green Building (www.bloomberg.com)
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Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red | As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse. (www.nytimes.com)
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When Rome’s fountains run dry | Climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk (thebulletin.org)
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Populations overheat as major cities fail canopy goals (phys.org)
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Bridging the gap: Sectoral greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in 2035 (unepccc.org)
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Drought Is an Immigration Issue | And Trump's climate policies are designed to ignore that. (www.theatlantic.com)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast [US] Is Burning (www.nytimes.com)
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Thanks to the relentless burning of fossil fuels, we are — right now, in real time — departing the Holocene epoch, the Goldilocks zone of relative climate stability that enabled us to build the world as we know it over the past 12,000 years. We must recognize this moment for what it is: the beginning of a new era of civilizational retreat, contraction and consolidation. Call it the post-Holocene.

For context, wildfire has been quite rare in the northeast US for the past few hundred years.

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1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans (www.theguardian.com)
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Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal (www.theguardian.com)
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Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy (www.nytimes.com)
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Saudi Arabia Is a ‘Wrecking Ball’ in Global Climate Talks: Despite endorsing a transition away from fossil fuels last year, Saudi officials have since worked to undermine it in at least five UN forums (www.nytimes.com)
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Climate Change Is Altering Animals' Colors (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Last Week In Collapse is a weekly newsletter which recounts important world events in the ongoing Collapse of Civilization. (substack.com)
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I've been following this blog since my reddit days and I've found it to be a valuable source of information on global events relating to the poly-crisis.

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En Perú, los glaciares se derriten y algunos ríos se tiñen de rojo (www.nytimes.com)
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Tropical wetlands releasing methane bomb, threatening climate plans | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
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How climate change feeds our wars (360info.org)
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Biden Visits Amazon, Vowing Help to Fight Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)
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Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
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These are the environmental rules that will likely outlive Trump: Biden set efficiency rules for dozens of appliances that are expected to cut billions of tons of greenhouse emissions. (wapo.st)
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Nine wealthy families, foundations commit $405-million over next decade to Canadian climate action (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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