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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Drought

Relax Indy Star, Climate Change Is Not Causing Water Shortages in Indiana

An article in the Indianapolis Star (Indy Star) titled, “’Will we have water when we need it?’: How Indiana utilities are preparing for climate change,” says utilities are concerned climate change will cause water...
Hurricanes

No, 2020 Was Likely Not a Record Hurricane Season

The title of a recent Washington Post story about hurricanes makes a bold but likely erroneous claim, “2020 Atlantic hurricane season breaks all-time record while leaving Gulf Coast battered.” The Post is not alone...
Hurricanes

NY Times ‘Knows’ Hurricane Facts that Are Actually False

A story in the New York Times today is misleadingly titled, “5 Things We Know About Climate Change and Hurricanes,” (Emphasis mine). In the story, the Times substitutes speculation by a few climate alarmists...
Health impacts

No, Google, Climate Change Does Not Cause Cancer

Among the top items Google is promoting today under the search term “climate change” is a paper out of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) titled, “Climate Change Will Give Rise to...
Public opinion

Bye, Bye Paris, What’s Next? A Post-Election Analysis

The U.S. is now officially out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and even if Joe Biden is ultimately declared the President, it will be difficult for him to rejoin and get his agenda through...
Crop production

Sorry, Google and World Bank, but Middle Eastern Crops Keep Thriving

Google News today is promoting articles (see the Google-promoted PhysOrg article here, for example) about a speculative World Bank “study” claiming climate change is threatening crop production in the Middle East. The World Bank...
Public opinion

New York Times Overstates Importance of Climate Change to Voters

The New York Times published a story yesterday titled, “What Voters in Battleground States Think About Climate Change,” which misleads readers into believing climate change is high-priority issue, especially in battleground states. In reality,...
Uncategorized

NY Times Disparages the Scientific Method While Attacking NOAA Scientists

The New York Times (NYT) published an October 27 article accusing President Trump of fighting “against climate science,” while the NYT itself misrepresents climate science. In the article titled, “As Election Nears, Trump Makes a...
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