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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Extreme heat

Proven Wrong: Texas A&M’s Andrew Dessler on U.S. Heat Waves

Atmospheric scientist Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University created a stir online at Twitter last year when he decided that a graph published by the EPA, and cited by Bjorn Lomborg a year ago “just didn’t look right.” Science...
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Extreme heat

Checking the Science Focus ‘Reality Check’ – Ignoring UHI is Foolish

A recent article "Reality Check: Are the hottest cities in the world becoming uninhabitable thanks to climate change?" By Dann Mitchell, a professor of climate science at the University of Bristol tries to blame...
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Wildfires

New Data Absolutely Destroys Media Claims of ‘Climate Change is Causing More Wildfire’

The media, politicians, and climate activists like to claim that climate change is making wildfires more frequent and larger. The linkage is the supposed relationship with increasing global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration due...
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Historical CO2 levels

NOAA Carbon Dioxide Scientist Admits Despite Efforts, No Drop in Global Carbon Dioxide Levels

In a sobering admission to the Australian Broadcasting Company, NOAA scientist Pieter Tans, who is in charge of tracking Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere, said there has been no slowdown despite years of...
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National security

Biden’s Navy Secretary Thinks Climate Change Is the Existential Threat, He’s Wrong!

Just when you think you heard it all, the Navy brass now more worried about “climate change” than they are about actual physical threats to the United States security. You have to wonder what...
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Public opinion

Americans Still Rank ‘Climate Change’ Dead Last Among Environmental Concerns, Reports Gallup

Despite billions spent annually on outreach, education, and outright propaganda, a new Gallup poll shows Americans still don’t think climate change is the most significant environmental concern facing the world. As shown in Figure 1...
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Climate models

Hooray! Some Scientists Honestly Reporting That Climate Models Run “Too Hot”

In a new report, some climate scientists are putting the brakes on future warming and say other researchers should avoid suspect climate models. This research confirms what Climate Realism first reported in August 2021,...
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Alarmist messengers/claims

Nearly Fifty Years Ago, ‘Soylent Green’ Forecast a Grim Future for the Year 2022 – Reality is far different

It’s the year 2022. Cumulative effects of overpopulation, pollution, and a “climate catastrophe” are causing severe worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing. Scientists confirm oceanographic reports saying the oceans are dying. The food...
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Is the Coronavirus Lockdown the Future Environmentalists Want?

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Heartland Institute President James Taylor joined CFACT's Marc Morano and Adam Houser as they discuss the social and economic impacts of the lockdown and...
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Yes, Biden Wants to Ban Fracking – In the Tank Podcast

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Heartland's Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 259 of the In The Tank Podcast. Lately, there has...
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NPR’s Claims on Heatwaves, Drought, Fires Prove False

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NPR’s “All Things Considered” program is claiming climate change is causing in increase in heatwaves, drought, and wildfires. Utilizing supposition instead of data, NPR...
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Daily Kos Hit Piece Response

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Andy Singer responds to a Daily Kos hit piece aimed at Climate Realism. The Daily Kos failed to do even the most basic research...
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Biden’s Climate Plan Would Punish Household Budgets, Lacks Voter Support

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Joe Biden pledges to spend $2 trillion on his climate plan during his first term. Divided among America’s 120 million households, that puts the...
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Omaha World-Herald Gets Facts Wrong Blaming Mild Nebraska Drought on Climate Change

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A story in the Omaha World-Herald, titled “Drought, wildfires are Nebraska's top weather stories of 2020,” asserts climate change caused unusual drought in Nebraska...
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