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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SPACE.com Swallows Lies that Climate Change Is Making Wildfires Worse, It Isn’t

SPACE.com ran a story claiming that 2024/2025’s wildfires are proof that climate change is making wildfires larger and more severe. This is false. Ground based data, where available, and satellite data both show that...
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Wrong, Detroit Free Press, Hurricane Melissa Wasn’t Caused by Climate Change

In a Detroit Free Press (FP) opinion piece, “Climate change denial can’t stand up to Category 5 Hurricane Melissa,” meteorologist Paul Gross claims that Hurricane Melissa proves climate change is making hurricanes stronger, faster,...
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Tell the Truth, The Guardian and NBC, High Weather Disaster Costs Aren’t Due to Climate Change

Multiple mainstream media outlets published stories this week uncritically publicizing the claims of a climate change interest group, Climate Central (CC). According to CC, climate change has caused higher weather disaster costs in the...
Climate change impacts

Yes, NBC News, Trees in the Amazon Benefit from Higher Carbon Dioxide Levels

NBC News is reporting on a new study which found that the Amazon rain forest is benefitting from increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere. The findings of the study, while informative, are...
Climate change impacts

Get the Facts Straight, The Independent, Island Nations Are Growing, Not “Sinking Into the Sea”

The Independent posted an article claiming multiple small island nations are sinking into the sea, threatening the cease existing as nations, leaving their populations adrift. Data shows this is simply false. Amid modest sea...
Climate change impacts

Wrong Again, Grist, Climate Change Is Not Causing Higher Coffee Prices

Grist posted a story blaming climate change for a recent rise in coffee prices. This is false, coffee production and yields have improved amid modest warming. As a result, Grist must seek another cause...
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Climate Change Is Not to Blame for the Rising Costs of Natural Disasters, NBC

An NBC New story reports on the rising costs of natural disasters, citing an analysis from one of the world’s largest re-insurers, Munich Re. For the most part, the story is accurate, detailing the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

The Hill Allows a Clinton Crony to Lie About Climate Change Tearing Our Nation Apart

The Hill posted an opinion piece by William S. Becker titled, “Climate denial is tearing our nation apart — we can’t wait much longer to act,” in which Becker asserts climate change is leading...
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