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    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.

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    Sorry, Medical Journals, Evidence Indicates Climate Change Doesn’t Threaten Human Health  

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    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...
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    Klutz Stumbles into Hornet Nest, Google News Blames Global Warming

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    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...
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    Sorry, Google, Global Warming Is Saving Workers, Not Killing Them

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    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...
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    New Scientist Claims Good News About Greening Earth Is Bad News About Allergies

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    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...
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    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...
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    Media Blame ‘Climate Depression’ on Tornado – As Tornadoes Become Less Frequent

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    AZCentral, a subsidiary of USA Today, published an article this week tracing a woman’s depression and mental health problems to climate change, based on a tornado that struck her home when she was a...
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    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...
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    Sorry, NY Times, Climate Change Is Improving Human Health

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    The New York Times published an article this morning claiming climate change is harming human health. In reality, objective data show a warmer climate is improving public health. In a story titled, “How Climate Change...
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    American Geophysical Union Fail: Climate Change Is Not Harming Mental Health

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    The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is attacking objective scientific evidence and the consensus position of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by claiming global warming is harming mental health by causing...
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    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...
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