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The Heartland Institute is one of the world’s leading free-market think tanks. It is a national nonprofit research and education organization based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.
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Climate change impacts

Wrong, TIME Magazine, Air Conditioners Are Saving People from Heat, Not Causing Climate Change

By Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett  TIME Magazine recently posted an article titled “New Study Finds Air Conditioners Will Exacerbate Climate Change As Planet Warms,” claiming that expanding air conditioner use will harm the...
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Extreme Weather Isn’t Getting Deadlier – Despite What the Media Says

Editor's Note: Debunking extreme weather claims in the media has been a staple of Climate Realism since its inception. Typically, the media take virtually any weather event, tries to find a compliant "expert" who...
Announcements

It’s BACK! The 16th International Conference on Climate Change

The 16th International Conference on Climate Change, organized by The Heartland Institute, will be held April 8-9, 2026 at the Hotel Washington in Washington, DC. It will feature the world’s leading scientists, energy experts, and...
Climate models

Wrong, CBS and Other Media Outlets, Abrupt Antarctic “Climate Shifts” Are Not New or Necessarily Catastrophic

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett A recent CBS News article, “Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead to ‘catastrophic consequences for generations,’ experts warn,” claims that Antarctica is on the brink of irreversible collapse...
Crop production

Wrong, TIME Magazine, Climate Change Isn’t Dooming Your Bananas

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett  A recent article in TIME Magazine, “Climate Change is Coming for Your Bananas,” claims that a warming planet is threatening global banana production, portending shortages and higher prices....
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NBC News’ Claim of Climate Driven Rapid Hurricane Intensification is False

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett The recent NBC News article, “Climate change is increasing the risk of rapidly intensifying storms. Hurricane Erin is the latest example,” and a similar story published by CNN,...
Disease/Virus

False, Politico, “Climate-Related Deaths” Are Declining, Not Climbing

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett In an article in Politico, titled “EU has no plan for rising climate-related deaths, scientists warn,” writer Rory O'Neill warns that “Europe is increasingly grappling with illness and...
Alarmist messengers/claims

The New Scientist Is Flat Wrong – We Live in a Golden Age Thanks to a Warmer Climate

By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett In a recent article published in The New Scientist (NS), “The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse,” the author argues that “climate change is...
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