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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Drought

Wrong, Kansas City Star, Climate Change Isn’t Worsening Weather in Kansas or Missouri

The Kansas City Star ran an opinion piece claiming climate change is already making weather more extreme in Kansas and Missouri. This is false. There is no data supporting the claim that either flooding...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Sorry, USA Today, Weather Isn’t Getting Weirder or More Extreme

USA Today ran a story titled, “The weather is getting cold. Global warming is still making weather weird.” Both the second half of the headline and the story underlying it are false. Data refutes claims...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wrong, USA Today, a 1.5℃ Temperature Rise Is Not a Scientifically Established Climate Threshold

As part of its COP 28 climate conference coverage USA Today ran an article claiming that preventing a 1.5℃ rise in global average temperatures above pre-industrial levels is a necessary climate threshold to prevent...
Alarmist messengers/claims

L.A. Times Should Publish Facts, Not Misinformed Opinions About Purported Climate Catastrophe

The Los Angeles Times (LAT) published an editorial, titled “On climate change, world leaders are saying one thing and doing another,” in which the author bemoans the fact that despite global leaders saying climate...
Coral Reefs

Wrong, ABC News, No Evidence Exist Demonstrating Climate Change Is Harming Corals

ABC News ran an Associated Press (AP) story titled, “Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs are thriving.” The article is misleading in at least three ways: first coral reefs are not...
Climate change impacts

Tuvaluan’s May ‘Escape’ to Australia, but if They Do, Associated Press, It Won’t Be Because of Climate Change

An Associated Press (AP) story reports that Australia has offered refuge to up to 280 residents of Tuvalu each year, allowing them to “escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change.” Australia’s refugee...
Climate change impacts

Wrong, Phys.Org, Boreal Forests Are Doing Well Amid Modest Warming

Phys.org published an article describing research which claims, “world's boreal forests may be shrinking.” This claim is refuted by data showing that boreal forests are experiencing a general greening trend, with forest extent and...
Extreme Weather

Wrong, Danville Register & Bee, Storms Aren’t More Damaging Because of Climate Change

A video montage posted by the Danville Register & Bee (DRB) claims climate change is making storms more powerful and damaging. This is false. Data consistently show that as the earth has modestly warmed,...
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