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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Alarmist messengers/claims

UN Contradicts Its Own Data to Promote Weather Disaster Alarm

A new report issued by the United Nations World Meteorological Agency (WMA), “titled The Human Cost of Disasters,” says climate change is causing more frequent and severe weather disasters each year. PBS and other...
Floods

Sinking Land, Not Faster Sea Level Rise, Is Causing Delaware Flooding

A letter to the editor in the Lewes, Delaware Cape Gazette, “Delaware in jeopardy due to climate change,” asserts human caused climate change is causing increased flooding in Delaware. This is wrong. Data demonstrate...
Crop production

Sorry, Reuters, ‘Erratic’ Indian Weather Brings Record Crop Yields

Reuters claims in a newly published article that climate change is wiping out soybean crops in India, causing protests and civil unrest. In reality, Indian farmers are enjoying outstanding climate conditions and are on...
Public opinion

Pew Poll: Voters Rank Climate Change as a Very Low Priority

Among the top results today in a Google News search for “climate change” is a Pew Research Center poll, which confirms climate change does not rank high on the list of concerns for most...
Drought

Media Botches Reporting on Heat and Drought in Vermont

Among the top Google News search results today under “climate change” is a story in the VT Digger (motto: “News in pursuit of truth”) claiming recent warm, dry weather in Vermont is a sign...
Crop production

Yes, Environmental Health News, Crop Yields Are Rising, Not Falling

Among the top Google News search results today under “climate change” is a story in Environmental Health News (EHN) claims climate change will decimate global crop yields. However, real-world crop data show crop yields...
Drought

NPR’s Claims on Heatwaves, Drought, Fires Prove False

NPR’s “All Things Considered” program is claiming climate change is causing in increase in heatwaves, drought, and wildfires. Utilizing supposition instead of data, NPR presents no scientific evidence to back up its claim that...
Sea level

No, Rising Seas Are Not Swallowing Island Nations

Among the top Google News search results today for “climate change” is the Associated Press (AP) story,  “Leaders to UN: If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will.” In the article, the AP claims...
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