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

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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

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Scientific studies established clear links between human-caused increased in atmospheric CO2 and global warming

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“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

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Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations

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Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.

SOURCE: Patrick Moore, PragerU

Published: 21 Feb 2020

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