The Inflation Reduction Act contributes the most money to issues addressing climate change and energy security.
Publication: climate change
Logically→ King Charles advocated for the great reset in a speech during COP26.
There is no evidence that Charles was calling for anythng other than action to address the climate crisis in the speech being shared.
Logically→ Children in flood-hit Pakistan are forced to eat grass.
The viral video has been on the internet since at least February 2022 and is unrelated to Pakistan's recent floods.
Logically→ Climate change is not responsible for the 2022 Pakistan floods.
Floods in Pakistan are well-documented and have affected millions of people. Experts say the leading causes of the flood is climate change.
Truth or Fiction?→ Jackson, Mississippi ‘Indefinitely’ Out of Water
On August 30 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/news claimed that the city of Jackson, Mississippi was without water for an unknown period of time: Jackson, Mississippi, water system is failing, city to be with no or little drinking water inde
Logically→ Pubs and shops in the UK are closing due to the cost of net zero policies.
Due to the increase in global gas prices, energy bills have increased, and businesses have closed. Net Zero Policy has had no effect.
Logically→ Net Zero Watch claims that a research paper suggests sea ice plays a greater role in the carbon dioxide cycle than biology.
Sea ice potentially has a greater correlation to the carbon dioxide cycle, but only when specifically compared to certain aspects like vegetation.
Snopes→ ‘Zombie Ice’ from Greenland Will Raise Sea Level 10 Inches
Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did France’s Loire River ‘Run Dry’ in August 2022?
On August 14 2022, a Facebook account shared a photograph and a status update about France’s Loire River, which had purportedly “run dry” or “dried out” amid intense heat waves and drought conditions in the summer of 2022
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If You See Me, Cry’: Hunger Stones in Some Czech And German Rivers
In the midst of heat waves in Europe and the United States in August 2022, a Twitter account tweeted about the emergence of “hunger stones” in Europe — carvings warning future people of poor agricultural conditions to come: The r
Logically→ In his Massachusetts speech, Biden admitted that China had launched an artificial sun.
This is a doctored video. Biden made no such statements in his Massachusetts speech on July 20.
Snopes→ No, Weather Maps Aren’t Scare-Mongering About Climate Change
A NOAA spokesperson told Snopes that the point isn't to trick anyone or make the weather seem scarier ... the point is to make the maps more intuitive and easy to understand.
Logically→ Politicians and bankers are hyping climate change as part of an agenda to roll out a climate quota credit system and benefit by taxing carbon.
Humans have played a major role in contributing to global warming, and allegations of climate change warnings being propaganda are unwarranted.
Truth or Fiction?→ NASA’s Climate Spiral
As heat waves blanketed the much of the planet, particularly parts of the United States and Europe, a July 19 2022 Facebook video post described as “NASA’s climate spiral” spread in viral fashion as people discussed climate change an
Logically→ The water level at Plymouth Rock proves the sea level has remained unchanged since 1620.
Plymouth Rock cannot be used as an accurate measure of sea level. The sea level trends show rising sea levels due to global warming.
Logically→ Climate change is just propaganda spread by the government.
Climate change is real. Weather Channel co-founder John Coleman's controversial comments were made when he was no longer with the company.
Logically→ The wildfires in the U.K. heatwave were planned.
The wildfires in the U.K. happened due to a recent heatwave. The heatwave was due to climate change caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases.
Logically→ U.S. President Joe Biden announces he has cancer.
The White House clarified that President Biden did not announce he had cancer. He was referring to an old diagnosis for which he has been treated.
Logically→ The mainstream media is exaggerating the effects of global warming as extreme summer temperatures have not drastically changed over decades.
The July 2022 heatwave in the U.K. is hotter than the ones from the past. Claiming otherwise undermines the awareness and reporting on global warming.
Logically→ The new weather forecast map from the Met Office is intended to cause panic about climate change.
A digitally altered map has gone viral. The Met Office changed its graphics for weather in 2022 for accessibility and accuracy.
Logically→ A factory owned by Bill Gates that produced synthetic lab-grown meat was burned down in the Netherlands.
Bill Gates is not a majority shareholder in the Dutch company. The building destroyed in the fire was used for delivery services.
Logically→ A viral video of people burying their heads in the sand is from a protest organized by Greta Thunberg to reduce CO2 emissions.
The protest was organized by Extinction Rebellion climate activists in 2019. It was not led by Thunberg to reduce CO2.
Snopes→ No, That Plymouth Rock Meme Doesn’t Disprove Rise in Sea Level
Plymouth Rock has a complicated and contentious history in the U.S.
Snopes→ No, This Meme Doesn’t ‘Debunk’ Sea Level Rise, Climate Change
Complex climatic processes like sea level rise and climate change cannot be generalized to a measuring cup analogy.
Logically→ The image shows litter from the aftermath of the 2022 Glastonbury festival, where Greta Thunberg gave a speech on climate change.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In 2014, This French Weather Presenter Announced the Forecast for August 18, 2050’
On June 15 2022, a viral tweet a sobering claim — that a 2014 French weather forecast “for 2050” wound up matching the real-life French weather forecast in June 2022: In 2014, this French weather presenter announced the forecast for
Logically→ Thousands of cows were killed in Kansas to shorten the food supply as part of the New World Order.
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Logically→ Volcanoes emit more carbon dioxide than human activity.
Volcanoes emit approximately 280 metric tonnes of CO2 annually. However, human activity emits more carbon dioxide than volcanoes.
Logically→ Global temperature data shows the Earth is cooling.
This post misrepresents data from a short period to claim the earth is cooling. Long-term data indicates a steady rise in temperature.
Truth or Fiction?→ ’10 Weeks of Wheat’ in Global Reserves?
On May 22 2022, popular posts to r/worldnews and elsewhere carried an alarming claim that only ten weeks of wheat remained in global supply reserves — mostly, but not entirely, because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: World has
Logically→ Worldwide death tolls due to extreme weather-related events have decreased in recent decades.
The BBC confirmed that death tolls have decreased over the past 50 years due to better warning systems. Climate change remains a threat.
Logically→ Scientists have confirmed that the earth’s temperature is cooling.
While it differs from country to country, overall, the earth's air temperature is rising.
Logically→ Cloud seeding was conducted a day before the recent floods in Australia.
A 2016 news clip was associated with the recent floods in Australia. There is no evidence to prove cloud seeding affected the flood.
Snopes→ The Big Sneeze: Climate Change to Make Pollen Season Nastier
Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain’t sneezed nothing yet.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Flooding in Australia Cause a Quad Bike to Get Stuck on a Power Line?
A photograph showing one of the milder effects of fatal flooding in eastern Australia spread online in March 2022, but despite (reasonable) skepticism, it is legitimate. The photograph was first posted by the power company Energex on February 28 2022 a
Logically→ Bill Gates said cows emit more pollution than cars.
Bill Gates never said cows pollute more than vehicles, but he did express concern about the risks of bovine flatulence, which has been misinterpreted.
Truth or Fiction?→ Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
On January 6 2022, a Twitter thread addressed comments about climate change and “ice ages” taxes purportedly made by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) the previous night during an appearance on Tim Pool’s podcast: &
Snopes→ Scientists Explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
A team of scientists is sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas will rise because of global warming.
Logically→ Carbon footprint from Jeff Bezos’ space ship is similar to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest.
The rocket fuel combined liquid hydrogen and oxygen. Primary emissions were water, minor combustion products, and "virtually no CO2" as per experts.
Snopes→ Biden Administration Moves to Expand Solar Power on US Land
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved the Arica and Victory Pass solar projects in Riverside County east of Los Angeles.