Biased New ‘Study’ Claims Florida Strawberry Scare – As Harvests Set Records
At the top of today’s “climate change” search results promoted by Google News is an article by Axios claiming “Florida’s strawberry industry threatened by climate change.” The article uncritically parrots talking points from a...
Wrong, Scientific American, Governments Cause Inflation, Not Climate Change
Scientific American republished a story by Climatewire claiming climate change is causing inflation. This is false. Inflation, in the words of Nobel prize winning economist, Milton Friedman, “is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”...
Wrong, WEF, Climate Change Is Not Threatening Lizards, Wine, Coffee or Air Turbulence
An article posted to the World Economic Forum (WEF) blog on climate claims that climate change is having “unusual effects around the world.” In a short post, not all of the claimed effects can...
Relax, Fresh Plaza, Florida Strawberry Production Is Growing
Fresh Plaza, a global trade publication for the fresh produce industry, ran an article claiming climate change is harming Florida’s strawberry production. This is false. Data shows that amid modest warming, Florida’s strawberry production...
Rest Easy, New York Times, Popular Coffee Cultivars are Safe
The New York Times (NYT) recently posted an article claiming that climate change threatens popular coffee cultivars, while describing the rising popularity in Uganda of a different coffee variety that is supposedly more resistant to...
MSNBC ‘Punks’ GOP but Gets Caught Telling Lies About Starvation, Climate Deaths
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner aired a segment on April 28 titled, “Republican policy on climate change takes a turn for the absurd.” The only problem was Wagner made provably false statements as ‘proof’ that the...
Not So Fast, NBC News, An Increase in Pollen Indicates Plants are Thriving, That’s...
A recent article at NBC news claims that more people are suffering from allergies than ever before due to climate change’s impact on the length of the growing season and pollen production. This may...
Wrong, World Grain, Indian Crop Data Shows Production Is Increasing
A recent article on World-Grain.com (World Grain's online publication) says Indian crops like rice, corn, and wheat, are being forced to adapt to climate change. This claim is a strange because weather patterns in...
Sorry, PBS, Bangladeshi Farm Innovation Has Nothing to Do with Climate Change
PBS News Weekend ran a story claiming farmers in Bangladesh are developing innovative ways to adapt to climate change. That Bangladeshi’s are innovating is laudable and valuable, but their actions have nothing to do...
UN Secretary-General Wrong to Blame Climate Change for Somalian Suffering
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently gave a speech in Somalia in which he claimed Somalia is suffering from the impacts of climate change disproportionately, specifically with regard to crop production amid an ongoing regional...