Review of Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) reveals numerous, well-known misinformation talking points and inaccuracies
On 21 March 2024, a movie titled “Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)” was released on YouTube, and widely shared…
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InaccurateData shows temperatures rising in Greenland and around the world; current global warming is driven by CO2, not solar activity
Claim:
Ice cores from Greenland show no significant warming, casting doubt on the climate change theory
Source: Daily Sceptic, Stephen Andrews, 2024-03-08 -
IncorrectArctic sea ice has been melting over the past decades with projections for summer ice-free conditions by mid-century
Claim:
Arctic sea ice is not melting and there is no indication that we should expect the Arctic sea summer ice to disappear completely, as predicted
Source: The Epoch Times, Allan Astrup Jensen, 2024-02-06 -
MisleadingOptimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced
Claim:
High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans
Source: Bright Insight, Jimmy Corsetti, 2024-02-04 -
MisleadingStudy 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: The Atlas Society, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-26 -
InaccurateUS proposed bills and hearings do not confirm the use of chemtrails, which do not exist and are not a geoengineering strategy
Claim:
US state governments are banning chemtrails, confirming secret government programs using chemtrails for various purposes that harm the public and the environment
Source: YouTube, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
IncorrectEvidence greenhouse gasses cause global warming denied by Willie Soon in Tucker Carlson interview, resulting in mass social media climate misinformation
Claim:
Carbon dioxide does not cause global warming, scientists are 90% sure it’s the Sun; The climate problems blamed on carbon dioxide (such as ocean acidification and negative impacts on polar bears) are not real
Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Willie Soon, 2024-01-09 -
InaccurateEU is not passing law to ‘seize and scrap’ cars under climate agenda, contrary to Peter Sweden claim
Claim:
The EU could SEIZE and SCRAP your old car if it doesn't meet their criteria as part of their climate agenda.
Source: Twitter/X, Peter Imanuelsen (aka Peter Sweden), 2023-11-27 -
MisleadingContrary to widespread misrepresentation, new study finds “extremely minimal” impact of human breathing on climate
Claim:
Scientists say human breathing is fueling global warming
Source: Daily Mail, Jonathan Chadwick, 2023-12-13 -
MisleadingViral 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: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-19