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Reviews of articles by: Patrick Moore
CLAIM REVIEWS
CLINTEL group inaccurately represents climate science in its declaration of “no climate emergency” once again
CLAIM
Global warming is just the end of the Little Ice Age; Warming is slower than climate models forecasted; Carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth; Global warming is not intensifying or increasing the frequency of natural disasters
SOURCE: Naveen Athrappully, The Epoch Times, Global Climate Intelligence Group (“CLINTEL”)
Published: 04 Sep 2023
VERDICT
The Epoch Times prints a range of inaccurate and misleading claims about climate change’s impacts and causes
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CO2 is not the cause of our current warming trend; Arctic sea ice has expanded in recent years; Polar bears’ population is growing and is not threatened by climate change; CO2 is good for plant life
SOURCE: Patrick Moore, The Epoch Times
Published: 20 Sep 2022
VERDICT
Scientific studies established clear links between human-caused increased in atmospheric CO2 and global warming
CLAIM
“It’s a good thing that we are putting some more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The scientific method has not been applied in such a way as to prove that carbon dioxide is causing the Earth to warm.”
SOURCE: Patrick Moore, Instagram
Published: 18 Dec 2020
VERDICT
Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations
CLAIM
Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
SOURCE: Patrick Moore, PragerU
Published: 21 Feb 2020
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