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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Drought

Misleading Headline Aside, Market Watch Reveals Some Wildfire Truths

Market Watch published a story implying climate change is causing earlier, more intense wildfires in the desert Southwest. The story provides no evidence that climate change responsible for earlier, particularly severe, wildfires, because such...
Allergies

Sorry, U.S. News & World Report, Plant Growth Is Good, Not a Climate Harm

On Monday, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) became the latest corporate media outlet to run a seasonal story saying climate change is making life harder for allergy sufferers. This is likely true, but...
Glaciers

WCVB Is Wrong, Climate Change Isn’t Destroying East Coast Lighthouses

A Google news search for the term “climate change” today revealed a post by WCVB5, Boston’s ABC affiliate, claiming lighthouses along the U.S. east coast are being threatened with destruction from rising seas caused...
Economics and policy

GWPF’s ‘State of the Planet’ Climate Report Shows No Crisis in Sight

For nearly two years now, Climate at a Glance and Climate Realism have detailed the copious amounts of data and evidence that clearly demonstrate the Earth is not facing a climate crisis. A new,...
Uncategorized

The Heartland Institute Advances Fact-Based Climate Science Education with New Book for Teachers and Students

The Heartland Institute has long taken it as part of its mission to provide factually grounded scientifically verified contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the causes and consequences of climate change. To advance the scientific...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wrong, Mother Jones, Climate Change Is Not Making Jobs More Dangerous

Mother Jones published an article claiming job related accidents and deaths are becoming more common due to climate change. This is false. Data clearly show extreme weather events are not increasing in number or...
Uncategorized

HHS Secretary Becerra Misled the U.S. House, Climate Change is Helping, Not Harming Human Health

In testimony before a U.S. House committee, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services claimed climate change was harming human health and killing people. This is a false. Real world data shows as...
Extreme Weather

Sorry, Nature, Associated Press, etc., Climate Change Is Not Making Hurricanes ‘Wetter’

Dozens of corporate media outlets published stories claiming anthropogenic climate change caused 2020’s hurricane season to be “wetter,” with more rain falling in shorter periods of time than would have occurred naturally. Data indicates...
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