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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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[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I don't know about everywhere else, but in Colorado we are implementing "intensity" (emissions/production) regulation.

The intensity limits that are used currently are based on estimated emissions and reported production projected into the next decade. It's a very crude system based on flakey data, but we're working on getting better data for the next time we decide on an allowed intensity level.

There are soooo many problems with this setup, I could go on for days about it, but in lieu of enough political will and funding to start shutting down oil and gas companies, we're going to do everything we can to reduce the emissions from the oil and gas sector.

I hope enough people get mad and organize to make that happen.