Misleading Climate Posted on: 2024-08-28 Bjorn Lomborg’s claims about polar bears, coral, and cold deaths ignore scientists’ predictions of climate-change-affected futures Claim: Despite climate change, the global polar-bear population has increased substantially, the Great Barrier Reef has more coral cover than at any point since 1986, and extreme-heat deaths have declined. Source: The Wall Street Journal, Bjorn Lomborg, 2024-08-01
Lacks context Energy Posted on: 2024-08-09 Most used wind turbine blades go to waste, but their footprint is still relatively small Claim: Wind turbine disposal has a large environmental footprint. Turbine blades are made of fiberglass, which does not decompose and cannot be burned. Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2022-11-03
Lacks context Energy Posted on: 2024-05-23 Electric vehicles may have higher particulate emissions from tires, but they usually have lower particulate emissions from other sources Claim: “Electric Cars Emit More Particulate Pollution”; Banning gasoline cars could increase particulate emissions Source: The Wall Street Journal, LifeSite News, 2024-03-03
Incorrect Climate Posted on: 2024-04-26 Carbon isotopes do not show that humans’ climate impacts are too small to notice, despite the Daily Sceptic’s inaccurate claim Claim: Human-caused carbon emissions’ effect on climate is ‘non-discernible’. Measurements of carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric CO2 indicate that it is the recent expansion of a more productive biosphere that has led to increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2024-04-08