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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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US EPA moves to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants (www.washingtonpost.com)
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There's a thread summarizing their reasoning

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[–] Reverendender 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Their “reasoning?” 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The real reasoning

A two panel meme. In the top panel, a Fishman interviews Mr.Krabs, asking "what was your reasoning behind this decision?" Bottom panel, Mr.Krabs responds "Money."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's a mode of thinking which produces a desired outcome, rather than one that's consistent with any kind of attachment to reality.

[–] Reverendender 3 points 3 days ago

Well. It certainly isn’t any form of reason.