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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Hurricanes

‘Hurricane Season Slowest Start in 30 Years’ – Media Spins ‘Damage Control’ Stories

Back in May, many media outlets ran with this headline courtesy of a press release from NOAA: NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Media outlets like Houston Public Media trumpeted it as if it was...
Economics and policy

Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for Getting it Right on New Climate Bill

On August 8th , just a day after the passage of the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” containing  a suite of climate-related spending and tax credits, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board published a scathing...
Coral Reefs

Great Barrier Reef Defies Climate “Science” and Pundits

Dr. Bjørn Lomborg informs about the status of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in a Facebook post on 8/7/22. He writes: Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever. But ten years ago, we were...
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Wrong, Legacy Media, Climate Change Is Not Causing Summer Heatwaves in the U.S. and Europe

This past week, both the U.S. and Europe have had significant localized heatwaves. The one in Europe is particularly bothersome for the media, since the area is not prepared for temperatures that exceed 100°F...
Hurricanes

Mainstream Media Isn’t Telling the Truth About Hurricanes, New Study Shows

Despite the claims of climate activists and the mainstream media that climate change is causing more tropical cyclones and major hurricanes to form and making hurricane seasons worse, a recent study indicates these claims...
Wildfires

The Columbia Missourian Makes a Major Blunder on Climate Change and Yosemite Fire

Newspapers are supposed to factually report on events. Apparently, the Columbia Missourian newspaper didn’t get the memo. On Wednesday July 13, the newspaper ran this editorial cartoon by John Darkow in its opinion section: The cartoon,...
Climate change impacts

Grist Gets it Wrong on Climate Change and Plants

An article in Grist magazine, titled “Climate change breaks plant immune systems can they be rebooted?” claims climate changed is hampering plants’ abilities to fight off pests and diseases. This isn’t just false, the...
Climate models

The Guardian Stumbles into the “Truthful Reporting” Trap When it Comes to Climate Change

A recent press release about a study from The Ohio State University (OSU) titled “Science coverage of climate change can change minds – briefly,” states “ccurate beliefs fade quickly, especially if challenged.” The Guardian newspaper...
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