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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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The top lobbying group for U.S. utilities has sharply criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to cut carbon emissions from power plants, as some members invest in compliance (wapo.st)
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This is an international utility lobbying organization. They publish a list of members

Earlier reporting about the EEI and it's anti-decarbonization lobbying is here

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s crazy how capitalism can make seemingly good people do horrible things for profit.

[–] pizzaiolo 1 points 1 year ago

It truly brings out the worst in people