Facts Matter, Nature World News: Coffee Yields Are Growing Amid Climate Change
An article in Nature World News alternately claims climate change has caused or is likely to cause a decline in coffee yields. This is false. Higher carbon dioxide levels do and will continue to act...
Climate Activists Claim Leaves Falling Earlier, Denying Their Previous Claims
Climate activists are raising alarm this weekend with claims that climate change is making autumn leaves change color earlier and drop to the ground earlier. These claims, however, contradict their longstanding claims that climate...
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...
KNOP Gets It Wrong – Climate Change Is Boosting Nebraska’s Forests
KNOP television in North Platte, Nebraska, published an article yesterday asserting climate change is punishing Nebraska’s forests, including a one-third reduction of Nebraska’s forests in 2012 due to wildfires. In reality, objective forest data...
WaPo Rehashes Tired Allergy-Climate Change Connection, Misses the Bigger Good News
The Washington Post (WaPo) published a story today, titled “Climate change is making pollen season even worse across the country,” claiming the modest warming experienced over the past century is worsening allergy seasons. This...
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...
Climate Fact-Check April 2023 Edition
Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate.
Editor’s...
No, Climate Change Is NOT Making Trees Shorter
Among the top Google News results this morning for “climate change” is a National Public Radio (NPR) article with the headline, “Climate Change and Deforestation Mean Earth’s Trees Are Younger and Shorter.” The article’s...
WCAX Hyper-Focuses on Spring Allergies, Ignoring the Benefits of Increased Plant Growth
A recent article on the website of a local Vermont television station, WCAX 3, titled “Allergy sufferers face worsening symptoms from changing climate,” claims that global warming is leading to more pollen, which means...
More Plant Life Means More Pollen: That Is Good, Not Bad
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...