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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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BP loses head of EV charging as it accelerates pivot back to oil and gas (www.ft.com)
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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 11 points 12 hours ago

Surprise surprise. O&G companies shove their noses in renewables only so they can wind them down. Same as car dealers using EVs to attract you so they can steer you towards fuel burners. For them, it's all about labelling things "green" and then greenwashing.