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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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Trump’s Energy Pick, Chris Wright, Argues Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous | “That’s not based on any analytical rigor. It’s perhaps based in the need to sell fossil fuels and shroud it in a moral framework” (www.nytimes.com)
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Elon Musk Is Why We Shouldn’t Cast CEOs as Climate Saviors (newrepublic.com)
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Ocean Heat Wiped Out Half These Seabirds Around Alaska | About four million common murres were killed by a domino effect of ecosystem changes, and the population is showing no signs of recovery (www.nytimes.com)
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Former Congressman Tim Ryan is a paid fossil fuel mouthpiece | Public records reviewed by HEATED show Ryan received $250,000 in 2023 from a fossil fuel lobbying group to hype up methane gas. (heated.world)
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Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes (www.cnn.com)
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In his final weeks, Biden aims to cut off funding for oil and gas projects abroad (grist.org)
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ExxonMobil's Plan to Accelerate Armageddon vs. New Jersey's Plan to Make Them Pay For It (www.splinter.com)
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‘Trump-Proofing’ California and Beyond Will Be a Political Minefield |Trump vows to attack climate science; states must now prove an energy transition is possible in a time of soaring costs & deficits (capitalandmain.com)
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‘This was not normal’: US scientists grapple with a year of record heat | Climate researchers presented potential reasons – clouds, shipping, volcanic eruption – for the apparent surge (www.theguardian.com)
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The Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule | Defense contractor Oshkosh had only delivered 93 trucks by November — compared to 3,000 originally expected by now. (wapo.st)
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How video games are going green without turning off gamers | To prevent greenhouse emissions and save gamers money, developers are looking for ways to make video games more energy efficient (wapo.st)
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Farmers Given a Free Pass? (bylinetimes.com)
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Extreme heat is forcing farmers to work overnight, an adaptation that comes with a cost (grist.org)
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US finalises tariff hikes on more China green tech imports (www.straitstimes.com)
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US Voters Support Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Extraction (climateandcommunity.org)
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New York is on the Verge of Passing Law to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change Costs (oneearthnow.substack.com)
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If you live in NY, call Gov. Hochul's office at 1-518-474-8390 and ask her to sign the Climate Superfund bill, S2129B. Give your name and where you live to the person on the phone.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting 101 (cdn.prod.website-files.com)
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Argo, the 'crown jewel' of ocean observing systems, turns 25 (www.noaa.gov)
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A Booming and Coal-Heavy Steel Sector Risks India’s Green Goals (www.bloomberg.com)
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How much should you worry about a collapse of the Atlantic conveyor belt (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What? Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second. (www.nytimes.com)
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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning (theconversation.com)
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How the Climate Movement Is Changing Tactics After Trump’s Win (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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This critical ecosystem helped keep climate change in check. Now it’s making things worse. (www.vox.com)
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