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Vulnerable populations

Alarmists often claim particular human population groups are more vulnerable to global warming than others. People in poverty-stricken Third World nations are often the groups so identified. In reality, the modest recent increase in global temperatures has ushered in record crop yields and other climate benefits in Third World nations and the world as a whole. Also, access to affordable electricity would improve human living standards in Third World nations far more than expensive, low-emissions wind and solar power. Vulnerable populations are the greatest beneficiaries of conventional energy and the Earth’s modest, recent warming.

Wrong, Al Jazeera, War and Poverty, Not Climate Change, Is Causing Migration

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A recent Al Jazeera article claims climate change is increasingly responsible for refugee crises around the globe, due to weather-related disasters like flooding and drought, and related food shortages. This is false. Global weather...

Ramaswamy, Not The Washington Post, Is Right About Climate Deaths

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The Washington Post (WaPo) ran a so-called fact check on presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim during the recent Republican debate that “The climate change agenda is a hoax … The reality is more people...

Wrong, Washington Post, Cold Kills More People in the United States (and Globally) Than...

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The Washington Post’s (WaPo) dedicated (twice a week) climate columnist, Michael J. Cohen, the so-called Climate Coach, posted an article stating as a fact that high temperatures kill more people in the United States...

Sorry, PBS, Bangladeshi Farm Innovation Has Nothing to Do with Climate Change

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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

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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...

CBS is Right: Adaptation to Rising Seas is Smart, Regardless of Climate Change

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A recent piece by CBS News details efforts being made in coastal communities across the United States to mitigate the impact of ongoing sea level rise. The article lays out three methods of dealing...

Sorry, Vanuatu, Trends Don’t Support Climate Damages Claims in The Hague

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According to Axios the United Nations (UN) is poised to approve a resolution from the small island nation of Vanuatu to bring a case for climate change related damages before the International Court of...

The Island Packet Misleads on Climate Change and Coastal Housing

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A recent article in Hilton Head Island South Carolina’s The Island Packet claims that climate change is making it more hazardous for lower income people to live on the coast, because of increasing storms,...

Wrong, Media and COP-27, Africa Is Not De-Carbonizing, Oil Exploration Is Expanding

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The media and representatives at 2022’s U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) claimed that various nations of Africa, often suffering from extreme weather, are desperate for climate change initiatives like de-carbonizing by banning fossil fuel...

Get the Facts Straight, CNBC, Climate Change Is Not Harming Cambodia’s Crops

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A story published by CNBC claims climate change is damaging Cambodia's crops by making it hard for Cambodian farmers and fishers to pay back loans they’ve taken out against their assets due to climate...