Extreme heat

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.

EPA’s New ‘Climate Change Indicators’ Publication Misleads on Heatwaves

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brought back its Climate Change Indicator’s platform last week. The platform claims various weather trends show, “Climate change is happening now … more extreme weather events.” This is...

Media Botches Reporting on Heat and Drought in Vermont

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Among the top Google News search results today under “climate change” is a story in the VT Digger (motto: “News in pursuit of truth”) claiming recent warm, dry weather in Vermont is a sign...

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...

It’s Not Nearly as Warm as You’re Told

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The media tells us it's the hottest year on record year after year. This isn't true. The fact is, these alarmist claims are built on faulty data. The Heartland Institute's Andy Singer breaks down...

Gov. Newsom Tweets Misleading Graph to Exaggerate California Warming

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tweeted misleading and unverified information yesterday while attempting to score political points on climate change. Newsom claimed, “The evidence of climate change is all around us.” Instead, the evidence...

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...

Talking California Blackouts on The Heartland Institute’s ‘In the Tank’ Podcast

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In episode 257 of The Heartland Institute's "In the Tank Podcast," the guys opened the hour-long show talking about the Democratic National Convention, but spent most of the podcast (at about the 25-minute mark)...

Media Blame Heat Wave on Climate Change – It’s Called Summer

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Dozens of prominent media outlets have published stories in the last few days claiming climate change is causing wildfires and a deadly heatwave. Objective data, however, show there has been no increase in either...

Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F...

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On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a Tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley: Predictably, the media jumped on this number with...

New Climate Summary: Heatwaves Are LESS Frequent and Severe

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Heatwaves during recent decades remain far less frequent and severe than was the case during the 1930s – nearly 100 years of global warming ago, reports a new topical summary at the website Climate...