Health impacts

Cold temperatures kill far more people, and impose far more human misery, than hot temperatures. Colder temperatures, rather than warmer temperatures, make the net impact of diseases and viruses worse, scientific evidence shows. Carbo dioxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is essential to life on Earth and not harmful to human health. On the other hand, people who live near wind turbines frequently report negative health impacts including headaches, sleep disturbance, and cognitive impairment.

Wrong, U.N. and Bloomberg, Climate Change Is Not Making Weather or Immigration Worse

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A Bloomberg News story reports U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on developed countries to transfer green technologies to developing countries because rich nations have caused catastrophic climate change, imposing costs on poorer nations....

Sorry, New York Times, Data Refutes the U.N.’s Warning That Insufficient Climate Action Is...

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The New York Times (NYT) reported on a speech made by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, in which he claimed that the world is committing suicide if there is no collective action on...

NY Times Debunked: Climate Change NOT Tied to Pregnancy Risks

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The New York Times published a sensationalist article this morning claiming a new study shows climate change is causing premature, underweight, and stillborn babies. Google News posted the Times article, titled “Climate Change Tied...

Relax, Wisconsin Public Radio, Climate Change Isn’t Making Human Health Worse

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A story run by Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) today claims climate change poses a threat to human health. Disease and mortality data show this is false. During the recent period of modest warming, deaths...

More Plant Life Means More Pollen: That Is Good, Not Bad

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USA Today and other media outlets are sounding the alarm today about a new alarmist paper claiming global warming is causing a lengthier pollen season, making allergies worse. In reality, a longer pollen season...

WHO Official Peddles False Pandemic Link to Climate Change

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World Health Organization (WHO) officials are diverting attention away from the real causes of global pandemics, and the Chinese government’s culpability in the spread of the Wuhan Covid-19 coronavirus, by launching propaganda falsely linking...

No, Google, Climate Change Does Not Cause Cancer

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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...

WaPo Gone Wild: Climate News Is Causing ‘Climate Despair’

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A story in The Washington Post (WaPo), titled Why we shouldn’t give in to climate despair, says some people are so upset over climate change they are suffering mental health issues labeled “climate despair.” The...

Thanks to Climate Change, Pittsburgh Is Among Most Greening Regions

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article Friday claiming climate change is making the Pittsburgh region the fifth most challenging large city for people with allergies. What the Post-Gazette swept under the rug, however, is...

Wrong, BBC, Global Human Health Outcomes Are Improving As Climate Changes

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The BBC is among several mainstream media outlets, like USA Today, hyping a report which claims human health is suffering due to climate change. This is false. Data shows premature deaths related to temperatures,...