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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Climate change impacts

Environment Journal Wrong About Climate Change Increasing Malaria

A Google News search today for the term “climate change” turns up an Environment Journal article which claims climate change could increase incidences of malaria. This is wrong. Copious research indicates climate change is...
Extreme Weather

The Boston Herald Is Right, Climate Change Is Not Causing Increases in Extreme Weather

A Google News search for the term “climate change” today finds a fact-based article in the Boston Herald, showing there is no evidence the past century’s modest warming has caused in increase in extreme...
Crop production

Data Show Agriculture Is Booming Amidst Climate Change, Not Declining

A search of Google News for the term “climate change” today turns up a Green Biz article claiming climate change is threatening global agriculture, especially in developing countries in Africa and the Middle East....
Floods

Sorry, WFPL, Climate Change Isn’t Increasing the Threat of Flooding in the Ohio Valley

A story from WFPL 89.3 in Louisville, Kentucky, claims climate change is increasing the flood risks for residents and business in the Ohio Valley. This is false. Data from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on...
Uncategorized

Relax Oregon, Climate Change Is Not Increasing Drought, Flooding or Heatwaves

A story by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) claims climate change is causing an increase various extreme weather events. This is false. Data from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S....
Extreme Weather

Austin’s NBC Affiliate Is Wrong to Claim Climate Change Is Causing More Weather Extremes

A search of Google News for the term “climate change” today turns up a number of articles falsely claiming human climate change is causing increasingly extreme weather and more frequent power failures. This is false....
Energy Security

No, NY Times, Climate Change Does Not Threaten Power Grids

The New York Times published a February 16 article claiming climate change is making America’s power grid more vulnerable due to an increase in extreme weather events. However, objective data from the United Nations...
Migration

Note to Joe Biden, Climate Change Is Not Forcing Migration or Creating Refugees

A variety of news outlets, including Al Jazeera, Fox News, and Grist, have run stories in recent days discussing President Joe Biden’s executive order on refugees, “Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and...
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