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Warm or hot temperatures are far less deadly than cold temperatures. Also, the lion’s share of warming that has occurred has impacted morning low temperatures rather than afternoon high temperatures, and cold winter months rather than hot summer months.

NPR Spreads Misinformation About Climate Change and Models (Again!)

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National Public Radio (NPR) ran a story claiming that scientists using computer models can now determine how much more severe a weather event was, or whether a particular event was likely caused by, climate...

CBS Spreads More Lies about Climate and Extreme Weather

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Today’s Google search for the term “climate change,” turned up this whopper of a story put out by CBS News, “Wildfires and weather extremes: It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change,” claiming “Right on the heels...

No, USA Today, Heat Waves Are Not the “Top Weather-Related Killer”

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A story in the September 12 edition of USA Today, titled “California becomes first US state to begin ranking extreme heat wave events,” erroneously claimed that excessive heat is the top weather-related killer in...

Media Attack the Highest Temperature Record on Earth in a Ploy to Make Present...

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An article this week in Gizmodo aligns with several other media claims that the 130 degree temperature recorded in Death Valley this past week is somehow validation of "global warming." They could not be...

Colorado Youths Take Initiative To Mitigate Potential Fire Damage, But Are Misinformed About...

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An article published by NBC Lexington, titled “More states are using tax dollars to combat the effects of climate change,” describes a Colorado-state funded initiative to mitigate the supposed effects of climate change. The...

NPR’s Claims on Heatwaves, Drought, Fires Prove False

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NPR’s “All Things Considered” program is claiming climate change is causing in increase in heatwaves, drought, and wildfires. Utilizing supposition instead of data, NPR presents no scientific evidence to back up its claim that...

NPR Denies United Nations ‘Consensus’ While Raising Alarm on Weather Disasters

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At the top of Google News search results today for “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) has published an article titled, “Climate Change Is Driving Deadly Weather Disasters from Arizona to Mumbai.” NPR blames...

Bloomberg Gambles on ‘Attribution’ Group’s Bogus Claims Attributing Heatwaves to Climate Change

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A recent article in Bloomberg News, titled “How Scientists Know That Climate Change Juices Heat Waves” cites the work of a recently minted organization that calls itself “World Weather Attribution” (WWA). The WWA claims...

Sorry, Mainstream Media, Wildfires Are Declining, Not Increasing, Amidst Modest Warming

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A firestorm, pun fully intended, erupted as dozens of mainstream media outlets, large and small, touted a report this week from a team of researchers associated with the United Nations claiming wildfires are on...

No, June 2020 Was Not the Hottest June on Record

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The Washington Post and other media outlets are claiming June 2020 was the hottest June on record. Not surprisingly, that is fake news and a lie. Let’s set the record straight. The root of the...