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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Sorry, Time, Crop Production Is Growing Due to Climate Change, Not Declining

A recent story in Time magazine links the world’s current food supply chain crisis to climate change. This is false. Although crop production is down at the present and supplies are constrained, other factors...
Drought

Thanks, Logan Daily News, for Telling the Truth About Temperature Related Deaths

In a refreshingly honest article in the Logan Daily News, author Bud Simpson cites data from research showing deaths from non-optimal temperatures are declining amid climate change. Simpson is right and he and the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

CNN Can’t Resist Mixing Climate Fiction with Truth Concerning Hurricane Research

It seems CNN just can’t play it straight with climate research when it goes against the narrative climate change is making extreme weather worse. Case in point is a story published by CNN which...
Climate change impacts

Relax, KOMO News, Tomatoes and Ketchup Supplies Are Secure Amid Climate Change

KOMO News in Seattle, as well as a couple of other media outlets in the region, ran stories claiming climate change threatens global tomato and ketchup production. Data show this is false. Amid modest...
Crop production

CNBC Flunks Climate Truth Test Again, This Time on Ghana’s Crops

CNBC posted an article today claiming Ghana’s farmers are suffering devastating losses due to climate change. Data prove this is false. During the period of modest warming production of Ghana’s major food crops have...
Climate change impacts

Washington Post Ignores Coffee Facts to Hype Climate Fears

The Washington Post (WP) published a story suggesting coffee growers will have to diversify the varieties of coffee they cultivate if they wish to survive, because climate change is reducing the production of the...
Climate change impacts

Pakistan’s Mango Production Is Doing Fine, Contrary to Media Claims

A search of Google news for the phrase “climate change” today reveals a story in the global produce newsletter, Fresh Plaza, claiming climate change is harming mango production in Pakistan. This is false. Data...
Climate change impacts

CNN Hypes False Dengue Fever Claims, Putting Climate Fears Ahead of Facts, Again

CNN published a story claiming climate change is causing the mosquito borne disease dengue fever to spread. This is false. As CNN’s own story notes, dengue bearing mosquitos are already endemic to the countries...
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