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Reviews of articles by: Social media users
CLAIM REVIEWS
Study calls for people to grow their own food for many years to come, despite finding higher carbon footprint compared to conventional agriculture
CLAIM
Study and headline saying homegrown food is more carbon intensive than conventional agriculture is meant to discourage and stop people from growing their own food
SOURCE: Social media users, The Atlas Society
Published: 02 Feb 2024
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US proposed bills and hearings do not confirm the use of chemtrails, which do not exist and are not a geoengineering strategy
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US state governments are banning chemtrails, confirming secret government programs using chemtrails for various purposes that harm the public and the environment
SOURCE: Social media users, OFF GRID with DOUG and STACY
Published: 26 Jan 2024
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Viral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production
CLAIM
Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change
SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram
Published: 09 Jan 2024
VERDICT
Claim that current climate change can be explained satisfactorily by natural cycles and volcanic activity does not have scientific support
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The cyclical activity of the Sun as well as other variations in solar and earth activity, and NOT anthropogenic CO2 emissions, are responsible for climate change
SOURCE: Social media user, Twitter
Published: 18 Sep 2023
VERDICT
Pre-human changes in climate do not negate contemporary human influence on modern warming, contrary to implication in popular Instagram post
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Climate changed naturally in prehistoric eras, modern climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon
SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram
Published: 23 Jan 2023
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