H. Sterling Burnett

H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., is the Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy and the managing editor of Environment & Climate News. In addition to directing The Heartland Institute's Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, Burnett puts Environment & Climate News together, is the editor of Heartland's Climate Change Weekly email, and the host of the Environment & Climate News Podcast.
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Wildfires

Wrong, Wisconsin Public Radio, Climate Change Hasn’t Caused Wisconsin’s Severe Start to the Wildfire Season

Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) ran a story blaming the unusual number of wildfires in the state in January and February on climate change. This is wrong. One year’s early start to the wildfire season...
Allergies

Yes, Time, Beneficial Global Greening Is the Lengthening Allergy Season

Time magazine posted a story saying that climate change is increasing the misery allergy sufferers face each season by lengthening the season and boosting plant production. This is at least partially true. Climate change...
Climate change impacts

Get Your Facts Straight, PBS, Senegal’s Prospects Have Improved Amid Climate Change

PBS News ran a story claiming Senegal is suffering from climate change and that developed countries aren’t keeping their pledges to help the country out. The first claim is definitely false, Senegal’s economy has...
Extreme cold

False, Barron’s and Deutsche Welle, Climate Change Isn’t Endangering Mongolian Herding

Recently several domestic and foreign media outlets, such as Barron’s and Deutsche Welle (DW) posted articles claiming that climate change threatened the lifestyles and livelihoods of Mongolian herding communities, citing livestock losses caused by...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Sorry, ABC News, Early Cherry Blossom Bloom Is Due to Urban Heat Island, Not Climate Change

ABC News ran a story this week reporting on the early bloom of the cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., attributing the early bloom to climate change. This is false. Although the cherry blossom...
Economic costs

False, CNBC, Climate Change Is Not Causing a Housing Market Collapse

CNBC recently published an article claiming that climate change is threatening to cause a housing market collapse, with losses topping a trillion dollars. This is false. Data show no climate induced change in extreme...
Climate change impacts

Wrong, Earth.com, Cocoa Production Is Not ‘Under Extreme Climate Pressure’ It’s Improving

Earth.com published a story claiming climate change is causing cocoa production to fall in West and Central Africa. This is false. Data show that cocoa production has increased during the last few decades of...
Climate change impacts

Fake News, CNN and UN, Climate Change Is Not Disrupting Latin America’s Food Production

A recent CNN story claims that climate change has caused recent disruptions in food production across the Caribbean and South America. This is false. Although in Latin America as elsewhere farm production varies from...
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