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Human Climate Forcing

Another way to say “Anthropogenic Contributions to Climate Change” (which I don’t recommend doing three times fast, or you could hurt yourself.) This just means that human actions play a role in climate change, and that is not a closed and inalterable natural process.
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The energy requirements of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings produce approximately 43 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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