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, Burett 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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Wrong, Reuters and CNN, Coral Doing Well Amidst Modest Warming, Bleaching ≠ Coral Death

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Check Your Facts, CNN, Human Emissions Aren’t Driving ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Decline

A CNN story implies that supposed human caused climate change is causing the Thwaites Glacier to melt, causing sea level rise. This is false. Data show that Antarctica has not been warming. Also, the...

Wrong, USA Today, More Than One Type of Solar Activity Influences the Earth’s Climate

USA Today published a supposed fact check claiming solar activity is not responsible for climate change. This is misleading at best, and foolishly wrong at worst. Various types of changes in solar activity have...

Climate Change Is Not Behind Lake Mead’s Decline, Overuse and Poor Management Are

With an atmospheric river dumping trillions of gallons precipitation on California and other western states, some news outlets have asked how the precipitation might affect Lake Mead, suggesting that the rainfall will do little...

The New York Times Is Wrong to Laud Schools Misleading Students About Climate Change

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Right, Wall Street Journal, John Kerry Did Fail to Persuade China to Give Up Reliable Energy

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran an article noting that despite John Kerry’s failure as President Joe Biden’s climate envoy to get China to curb its coal use in order to save the world...

Sec. Mayorkas Falsely Blames Climate Change for Mass Illegal Immigration

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False, Washington Post, Low Great Lakes Ice Levels Are Not Proof of Climate Change

The Washington Post published a story claiming the current low levels of ice coverage across the U.S. Great Lakes are a result of climate change. This is false. Data show that Great Lakes ice...

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