Climate Fact-Check June 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...
Check Your Facts, Yahoo News and New York Times, Neither Canadian Wildfires nor Heatwaves...
Smoke from Canada’s ongoing wildfires continues to darken skies in the United States, and mainstream media outlets like Yahoo News and the New York Times blame climate change. They are wrong.
No, WaPo, Climate Change is NOT Fueling More Devastating Rains and Flooding
A June 26 article in the Washington Post (WaPo) titled "The places in the U.S. most at risk for extreme rainfall" makes this claim in the subtitle "New data from the nonprofit First Street...
No, Forbes, Climate Change is Not Behind the Sriracha Shortage
A recent Forbes article claims that the recent shortage of the popular hot sauce “Sriracha” is likely due to climate change. This is false. Natural weather patterns in the region of Mexico Sriracha’s chili...
No, WaPo, a Texas Heat Wave has Nothing to Do with Global Climate Change
The Washington Post (WaPo) has published a story claiming that the heat wave in Texas this week is "tied to climate change." This is false - it is a weather event, not a climate...
Wrong, CNN, Attribution Groups Prove Nothing About Extreme Weather and Climate Change
A recent article on CNN relies on the opinion of climate attribution groups, claiming that these groups are able to calculate exactly how much impact climate change has had on various weather events. These...
Wrong, Mainstream Media, Climate Change Didn’t Cause Canadian Forest Fires or the Smoke in...
Last week, mainstream media outlets were abuzz with stories claiming that smoke from wildfires in Canada visibly polluting the skies in New York City, Washington, D.C., and many other cities in the northeastern United...
Climate Fact-Check May 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, Washington Post, Climate Change Is Not Driving ‘Arizona’s Water Troubles’
On June 4, 2023, The Washington Post (WaPo) published a story titled “Arizona’s water troubles show how climate change is reshaping the West.” The claim that climate change is the driver behind water issues...
Schooling NPR: Setting the Record Straight on False Climate Narratives
National Public Radio (NPR) recently attributed a destructive fire in Denton, Montana in December 2021 to climate change, saying, “The Great Plains are facing increasing fire risks due to climate change, and efforts are...