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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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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...
Climate change impacts

The Independent Misleads About Rising Cocoa Prices, Government, Not Climate, is Responsible

By Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett A recent article at The Independent, “How the climate crisis will push up prices for your Easter chocolate,” claims that cocoa bean production is threatened by climate change,...
Alarmist messengers/claims

The Hill Misleads, Trump’s Energy Policy Won’t Damage the Climate and Will Advance American Interests

By Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett A recent post by The Hill, “Disaster as Trump’s energy policy totally disregards climate change,” claims that President Donald Trump is implementing “irrational and profoundly destabilizing energy policies”...
Climate change impacts

The Independent is Wrong, Avocado Consumption Isn’t Causing Climate Change

By Linnea Lueken and H. Sterling Burnett  The Independent published a story reporting on how British television presenter and gardening journalist Alan Titchmarsh urged UK citizens to stop eating avocados because of their alleged climate...
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