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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Health impacts

New Scientist Claims Good News About Greening Earth Is Bad News About Allergies

New Scientist magazine published an article Friday claiming climate change is making life harder for allergy sufferers in Europe. New Scientist, however, is covering up is the fact that the increase in allergies is...
Climate change impacts

No, Defense News, Climate Change Can’t Be Threatening Military Operations if Weather Isn’t Getting Worse

Among its top search results today for “climate change,” Google News is highlighting an article from Defense News titled, “Battling climate change starts with military action.” The article falsely claims climate change is threatening...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wyoming Public Media Caught Peddling Extreme Weather Tales

A Wyoming Public Media article, titled “NOAA Upgrades Forecasts As Climate Change Drives More Severe Storms,” falsely claims climate change is making extreme weather event worse. Scientific data, NOAA data, and even the United...
Ocean acidification

No, NPR, ‘Acidification’ Is Not Threatening Oceans

A story published by National Public Radio (NPR) titled “One of Biden's Biggest Climate Change Challenges? The Oceans,” claims human carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the oceans, posing a threat to shellfish and other...
Crop production

False Alarm: Crops Set Records in Burkina Faso Amidst Modest Warming

A Google New search for the term “climate change” today turned up this story from Thomson Reuters titled “No trees, no crops, no jobs: Burkina Faso’s women fall back on hard labour.” The story...
Disease/Virus

Epic Fail: Chuck Todd Tries to Bait Anthony Fauci on Climate Change

On the most recent Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd tried to goad Dr. Anthony Fauci into making a connection between climate change and pandemics. Fortunately, Fauci didn’t make a fool of himself by...
Drought

Sorry, Guardian, Europe’s Recent Dry Spell Isn’t the Worst in 2,000 Years

The Guardian yesterday posted a misleading story claiming a dry period much of Europe experienced from 2014 through 2018 represents the worst drought Europe has experienced in the past 2,000 years. Data from the...
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...
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