The Chicago Sun Times allied with Grist to promote climate alarmism at the expense of truth.
Category: Bad science journalism
Does Low Snowpack Increase the Chances of Washington State Wildfires?
Why is the Seattle Times and others providing obviously false information to the public about snowpack and wildfire? Even Google’s AI knows better:
Record Rainfall In Worcestershire?
Is British weather really getting wetter as they claim. Or is it just a figment of their computer’s imagination?
Context and Location Matters, USA Today and Others, Longer Allergy Season Has an Upside
Every year at this time, myriad media outlets run stories on the allergy season and what steps people with allergies can take to alleviate their suffering. In recent years, there…
No, Euronews, a Millisecond Change in the Length of Day Can’t Be Tied to Climate Change, Nor Is It a Crisis
If Euronews had bothered to even do a modicum of research into this phenomenon, they’d know their story is based on misrepresentation of the cause of a change that can’t…
Wrong, Daily Mail, Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Isn’t on the Road to Collapse by 2067
There is a pattern here. The Daily Mail has long demonstrated a preference for dramatic, attention-grabbing headlines that far oversell the actual story. Climate Realism has debunked its false, hyperbolic disaster scenario claims dozens of times. “Doomsday…
WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse
The Chicago Tribune failed in its journalistic duty of producing a story grounded in facts. Instead of merely reporting on the danger and human interest aspects of the recent severe storms, they…
Check Your Facts, WTAE ABC, Activists Are Lying, Coffee Production Is Booming Amidst Climate Change
The Climate Central study has been around for a few of weeks, meaning it was hardly breaking news. WTAE’s audience would have been better served by the outlet and Szwed…
Sorry, The New Republic, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Somali Migration. Blame Civil Strife and Poverty
here is no evidence that this drought is worse than those that drove historic migration. The cited claim that recent drought in Somalia was made “a hundred times more likely”…
Wrong, TIME Magazine, Air Conditioners Are Saving People from Heat, Not Causing Climate Change
Accordingly, any effort to limit the expansion of air conditioning use is logically going to lead to more sickness and probably death, especially in vulnerable populations like the elderly.
ABC’s Unscientific Attack on Trump and CO2
ABC News repeatedly botched the science of a major regulation “to fight climate change” while falsely accusing President Trump of “rejecting” and “wiping out” “science.”
No, Earth.org, Grasslands Are Not on the Brink of Climate Driven Collapse
Observed data show expanding vegetation, not disappearing grasslands. Claims of a climate-driven grassland collapse is just another speculative climate disaster fairy tale presented as fact. Earth.org got their facts badly…
No, New York Times, Climate Change Isn’t Driving Inflation
The New York Times frames climate change as an emerging inflationary force poised to accelerate, but observational economic record refutes any such economy-wide climate-driven inflation trend. Weather anecdotes, modeling projections, and…
Media Say, ‘Climate Change’ Caused the Deadly Lake Tahoe Avalanche. They’re Wrong.
Declaring each avalanche is evidence of “climate collapse,” despite avalanches being common or at least not unusual, throughout history, even when temperatures were cooler and atmospheric greenhouse gas levels were…
No, Earth.com, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Dangerous Fungus Outbreaks
Presenting overhyped projections about future infections as if it represented an ongoing global fungal expansion is lying, not reporting and certainly not trustworthy journalism. Earth.com should be ashamed of framing…
Wrong, Oceanographic Magazine, Sea Level Rise in Hawaii Is Not a Looming Catastrophe
Oceanographic Magazine conflates global statistics, public anxiety, and local coastal management into a single storyline of impending doom. The actual sea level measurements at Honolulu report relatively slow sea level rise.…
Climate Change is Not Going to Cost Colorado Billions, Colorado Sun
A recent Colorado Sun article claims that climate change could cost the state up to $37 billion due to high temperature extremes and drought. This is false, built almost entirely on speculative…
Wrong, Inside Climate News, Climate Change Isn’t Worsening Wildlife Viruses in New Jersey
The story admits the outbreaks have no clear, consistent environmental trigger in the data, then pivots to climate change anyway, making this irresponsible reporting on a dangerous pathogen.
Another Confusing Story Highlights Why Climate Hysteria and Far-Left Media Are Reaching Their End
It never occurs to the far-left (formerly mainstream) media that its demise might be attributable to more than economic factors or the rise of the internet. Just as important is…