Climate Fact-Check March 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...
Wrong, Bloomberg, India is NOT Becoming More Vulnerable to Extreme Weather
A recent Bloomberg article claims that global warming is causing more frequent and intense extreme weather, like drought and heavy rains, in India. The author, Rajesh Kumar Singh, says these weather conditions are “eroding...
Wrong, Phys.org, Atmospheric Rivers and Hurricanes are Not Getting Worse
A recent article at Phys.org, originally published by the Chicago Tribune, says that climate change is behind the recent atmospheric river events in California, as well as an alleged increase in Category 4 and...
Thanks, Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times, for Admitting Recent California Weather is...
The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times posted articles reporting that scientists are acknowledging recent weather conditions on the west coast, including swings from drought to atmospheric rivers causing flooding, are natural for...
Wrong, ABC News, Atmospheric River Events Are Not Getting Worse
A recent article from ABC News implies that the intensity of recent atmospheric river events affecting the West Coast of the United States is unusual and due to global warming. ABC News also suggests...
Sorry, Mainstream Media, 2022 Set Zero Records for Extreme Weather
As documented at Climate Realism, throughout 2022 mainstream media outlets claimed climate change was the cause of myriad, disparate extreme weather events that occurred throughout the year. From extreme winter weather, to hurricanes, to...
Pakistan’s floods and the climate attribution con
Guest Post by Dr. David Whitehouse
Climate alarmism and journalistic bias have reached new heights of misleading hype on the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan which is reported to have received more than three times its...
Yahoo and AP are Wrong About Northeastern Drought
An Associated Press (AP) story picked up by Yahoo News claims that climate change is causing a trend towards hotter, drier summers and drought in the Northeastern United States. This is false. There is...
Were Kentucky’s Floods Caused By Climate Change?
Guest Post By Paul Homewood
From the Guardian:
Joe Biden on Monday toured parts of eastern Kentucky devastated by the worst flooding in the state’s history and pledged to help recovery, while his spokesperson warned that...
No, Billings Gazette, Weather, Not Climate Change, Caused Yellowstone Flooding
An article in the Billings Gazette claims that severe flooding in Yellowstone National Park will become more common and frequent due to climate change. This claim is false. Data does not show any increase...