Claim reviews
Sky News Australia interview falsely claims that global cooling is coming soon
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"the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is misleading humanity about climate change and sea levels, and that in fact a new solar-driven cooling period is not far off"
SOURCE: Alan Jones, Nils Axel-Mörner, Sky News Australia, 17 June 2019
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Non-peer-reviewed manuscript falsely claims natural cloud changes can explain global warming
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"During the last hundred years the temperature is increased about 0.1°C because of carbon dioxide. The human contribution was about 0.01°C."
SOURCE: Jyrki Kauppinen, Pekka Malmi, Paul Joseph Watson, Summit.news, Zerohedge, 11 July 2019
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On Fox News, Patrick Michaels falsely claims humans are only responsible for half of global warming
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"So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases"
SOURCE: Patrick Michaels, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2018
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NASA did not create global warming by manipulating data
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"[NASA] has been adjusting temperatures from the past[...] downward, while adjusting current-day temperatures upward, and those changes are responsible for most of the claimed global warming during that time."
SOURCE: Tony Heller, James Murphy, The New American, 26 June 2019
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Claim that electric vehicles cause more carbon emissions than diesel misrepresents reality
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"New Study Confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars"
SOURCE: Anonymous, Zero Hedge, Infowars, 22 April 2019
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Investor’s Business Daily editorial doesn’t support claims about UN statements
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"The UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud"
SOURCE: Anonymous, Investor's Business Daily, 2 Nov. 2017
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Meme image falsely claims wind turbines produce less energy that is used to build them
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"A windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it."
SOURCE: Internet users, Facebook, 13 May 2019
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It’s true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence
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"the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home"
SOURCE: Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 May 2019
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In popular video, Dan Peña falsely claims humans aren’t causing climate change
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"Fifty-five thousand years ago the whole world was 2°C warmer than it is today[...] It's all cyclical; [human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are] not a fart in the wind. Sea level rise is not going to happen."
SOURCE: Dan Peña, "Ivanka_Trump" Facebook account, 4 May 2019
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There is clear evidence for the existence of climate change contrary to claims by John Coleman
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"Climate change is not happening, there is no significant man-made global warming now, there hasn't been any in the past, and there's no reason to expect any in the future."
SOURCE: John Coleman, Derek Utley, 22 Feb. 2019
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