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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Climate change impacts

Quit Lying WPLN, Evidence Proves Black Bears Are Thriving, Not Threatened by Climate Change

A story broadcast and posted by WPLN, Louisville Public Media, claims Tennessee’s black bear population is being threatened by climate change. Data show this is false. Bear populations are growing along with improved conditions...
Health impacts

Sorry, Health ‘Experts’ and The Guardian, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a ‘Public Health Emergency’

The Guardian published an article promoting a call by some scientists for the World Health Organization (WHO) to “Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency.” The fact is there is no climate induced...
Crop production

Quit Fearmongering, San Francisco Chronicle, Climate Change Isn’t Coming for Cabernet

The San Francisco Chronicle posted an article claiming that climate change is harming Cabernet production, specifically in California. This is false. The climate hasn’t appreciably changed for the worse in California amid modest warming....
Allergies

Context and Location Matters, USA Today and Others, Longer Allergy Season Has an Upside

Recently, a host of media outlets ran stories, typical for this time of year, blaming climate change for making allergy seasons worse. This, although both true and false, misses the larger context. Climate change...
Crop production

Check Your Facts, WTAE ABC, Activists Are Lying, Coffee Production Is Booming Amidst Climate Change

WTAE ABC, Pittsburgh, published a story titled, “Climate change affecting global coffee production, study finds.” The study is false, perpetrated by a climate activist group called Climate Central, and uncritically echoed by WTAE meteorologist...
Climate change impacts

Tell the Truth, WCNC NBC, Climate Change Hasn’t Harmed Coffee Production

An article posted by WCNC, Charlotte, North Carolina’s NBC affiliate, claims “its getting harder to produce,” coffee, blaming a coffee decline on higher temperatures in growing regions. This is false. Data from the UN...
Economic costs

False, Everyday States, Prices Show Renewables Aren’t ‘Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels’

Everyday States published an article claiming wind and solar power, but especially solar power, provide cheaper electric power than fossil fuels in various states. Media outlets have repeatedly made similar claims over the past...
Climate change impacts

Wrong, Peace News, Even Political Conflict Hasn’t Stopped Mali from Thriving Amid Climate Change

Peace News ran a story attempting to link political conflict in Mali to extreme weather events, particularly drought and flooding, which it says are caused by climate change. This is false. There are myriad...
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