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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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Campaigners sued an oil major for climate deception. Now the company is preparing to sue them back. (www.exxonknews.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Good, that means they are afraid. These suits can offer a very nasty pr nightmare, which is why companies without real problems avoid them. Greenpeace is certainly large enough t fight them and connected enough, to create a pr nightmare.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

If costs come up where can one donate? Is greenpeace the right adress?