Anthony Watts

Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as well as co-authored peer-reviewed papers on climate issues. He operates the most viewed website in the world on climate, the award-winning website wattsupwiththat.com.
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No, BBC, a Small Panamanian Island is Not Drowning Due to Climate Change

The BBC’s recent article “Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island,” claims that the island of Cartí Sugdupu in Panama is being swallowed by rising sea levels due to climate change....
Alarmist messengers/claims

False, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a Rat Crisis

The Washington Post (WaPo) published an article claiming global warming is responsible for increasing rats populations in the world’s major cities. This is false. Rats have always lived among and thrived with human populations....
Climate models

No, Associated Press, the Projected Increase in Heat-Related Deaths in Europe is Statistical Fearmongering

A recent article by the Associated Press (AP) “Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms” was carried by dozens of media outlets. The story is false, because the study relied entirely...
Economics and policy

How To Rescind the Endangerment Finding in a Way That Will Stick

Guest essay by Francis Menton From the MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN As discussed in my previous post, one of President Trump’s first-day Executive Orders — the one entitled “Unleashing American Energy” — directed a reconsideration of EPA’s so-called “Endangerment Finding”...
Economics and policy

The Endangerment Finding: It Looks Like Trump 2.0 Will Be Much More Fun Than Trump 1.0

Guest essay by Francis Menton from manhattancontrarian.com The first couple of days of the new Trump administration have seen the President sign a blizzard of Executive Orders. These provide more material than a humble solo...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, KXAN-TV, Claims That Climate Change Is Affecting Children’s Mental and Physical Health is Flat Wrong

The recent article by KXAN, titled "How Climate Change Impacts Children’s Mental, Physical Health," claims that climate change is harming children in numerous ways. However, this article is false, and its narrative misses the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No USA Today, Associated Press, and Others, Record Cold and Snowfall in the United States Aren’t Caused by Climate Change

Lately, a series of mainstream news outlets, including USA Today, AP News, BBC Future, and Fast Company, have churned out articles claiming that January 2025's record cold and heavy snowfall across the United States...
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No, CNN and BBC, 2024 Wasn’t the ‘Hottest Year on Record’ When ALL of the Available Evidence Is Considered

A number of mainstream media outlets have uncritically echoed the proclamation of 2024 being the "hottest year on record," such as, CNN with a story titled, “2024 Confirmed as World’s Hottest Year on Record”,...
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