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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 IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more. (grist.org)
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[โ€“] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only way we're going to get more is if we elect enough Democrats to both houses of Congress and the Presidency: the Republicans are trying to defund clean energy.:

Former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, has repeatedly attacked central elements of the Inflation Reduction Act, including tax credits for purchasing electric vehicles. As a result, corporate executives have begun facing questions in recent weeks about the possibility that the legislation could be rolled back or changed in ways that could affect their clean energy investment decisions.

Republican lawmakers have tried, unsuccessfully, to repeal much of the law since it was passed entirely with Democratic votes in 2022. Company officials and energy researchers say a broad repeal of the law remains unlikely, given that many new projects are creating jobs and generating investment in Republican districts.

If you want it, and you're an American, it's important to get involved. That means not just voting, but joining volunteer efforts, and if you can afford it, donating as well.

[โ€“] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago

Also look at the crazy clean energy developments that happen in states with recent trifectas, like Minnesota. e.g., which requires transportation planning agencies consider climate goals and basically do LCA when assessing new projects. Last I check, no other state has such a requirement.

The dems don't get much credit on very much at all, but their record on climate is honestly pretty solid. The IRA kicks ass and no one who follows climate policy closely expected anything 1/10 as good of it to come out of that congress.