Sorry, U.S. News & World Report, Plant Growth Is Good, Not a Climate Harm
On Monday, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) became the latest corporate media outlet to run a seasonal story saying climate change is making life harder for allergy sufferers. This is likely true, but...
Climate Facts Unwelcome at Wellcome, Climate Change Benefitting Not Harming Health
The London-based charitable foundation, Wellcome, published a report claiming climate change poses a global public health threat. This is false. Contrary to the Wellcome’s report, data show deaths related to extreme weather events and...
Relax, Wisconsin Public Radio, Climate Change Isn’t Making Human Health Worse
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...
No, Doctor Merritt, ‘Climate Change’ Does Not Affect Human Health, but Weather Does
A November 4th article in the Canadian newspaper, Victoria Times Colonist, reported, B.C. doctor clinically diagnoses patient as suffering from 'climate change.' On its face, this is an absurd claim. It is impossible to...
WaPo Gone Wild: Climate News Is Causing ‘Climate Despair’
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...
Sorry, Medical Journals, Evidence Indicates Climate Change Doesn’t Threaten Human Health
A Google news search of the phrase “climate change” turns up dozens of stories promoting a joint statement issued on behalf of more than 200 medical journals claiming climate change poses a dire threat...
Klutz Stumbles into Hornet Nest, Google News Blames Global Warming
Google News today is promoting an article in which a klutz in Washington state stumbled into a hornets’ nest, got stung, and then blamed global warming. In reality, hornets have always existed in Washington...
Sorry, Google, Global Warming Is Saving Workers, Not Killing Them
At the top of Google News search results today for “climate change,” Google is promoting a slate of media articles hyping a paper by the activist Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) claiming that global...
New Scientist Claims Good News About Greening Earth Is Bad News About Allergies
New Scientist magazine published an article Friday claiming climate change is making life harder for allergy sufferers in Europe. New Scientist, however, is covering up is the fact that the increase in allergies is...
Thanks to Climate Change, Pittsburgh Is Among Most Greening Regions
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...