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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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...
Crop production

Crop Production Keeps Setting New Records as Climate Warms

A new report by the Ag/Web Farm Journal details how in 2020 global crop yields set new records. The report can be found at “WASDE Increases Corn Exports by 50 Million Bu.”. According to the...
Drought

No, Climate Change Is Not to Blame for Modest Colorado Drought

The Colorado Sun published an article yesterday claiming climate change is causing extreme drought in the state and devastating agricultural production. In reality, cyclical drought is an ongoing phenomenon in Colorado, with recent years...
Economic harm

Building in Disaster-Prone Areas, Not More Extreme Weather, Causes Rising Losses

Columbia University is promoting claims that climate change is putting more Americans at risk to weather disasters, but the reality is there are more disaster damages because more people are building in disaster-prone areas. In...
Migration

The Hill Calls for Climate Migration Czar – As People Move to Warm States

Among the top Google News search results today for “climate change” is an article in The Hill titled, “The Biden administration needs a climate migration coordinator.” The author says climate change is causing an...
Health impacts

Sorry, NY Times, Climate Change Is Improving Human Health

The New York Times published an article this morning claiming climate change is harming human health. In reality, objective data show a warmer climate is improving public health. In a story titled, “How Climate Change...
Crop production

World Ag Ministers Stoke Climate Fears – As Crops Keep Setting Records

Near the top of Google News search results today for ‘climate change’ is a EURACTIV TV article titled, “Berlin agriculture conference highlights world hunger, climate change.” The EURACTIV story reports on a January 22...
Uncategorized

Bangladesh Is Enjoying Record Crop Yields, Despite Media Falsehoods

An Al Jazeera article titled, “In Pictures: Global warming forces Bangladeshi tribals to migrate,” claims global warming is causing Bangladeshi drought, which in turn is causing crop failures that are forcing Bangladeshi farmers to...
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