Misleading
Evaluating the EPA’s claim on U.S. power plant emissions
Claim:
Models continue to show that GHG emissions from power plants have no material impact on global climate change.
Rahul Rao
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Source: Environmental Protection Agency, 2026-10-14 -
2026’s El Niño may bring storms, heatwaves – and misinformation
El Niño doesn’t cause climate change, so why do people claim it does?
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What is RCP8.5? Unpacking misleading claims about climate scenarios
The United Nations and climate scientists haven’t admitted their climate change projections are wrong, contrary to claims from Trump and others
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Fossil fuels receive more government support than renewables
Moreover, fossil fuels are often to blame when energy prices rise, contrary to some claims that climate change is a ‘scam’.
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Some wind turbine blades are made from balsa wood, but they’re not a major part of Amazon deforestation, contrary to online claims
Learn what materials actually go into wind turbine blades
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likes regenerative agriculture, but what is it?
The term has no fixed definition. Its methods do often make farming more sustainable, but its claims are hard to verify.
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Lacks contextBringing clarity to misleading claims about wind turbines’ costs, impacts on birds
Claim:
Wind turbines are killing bald eagles, and make you pay more for electricity
Source: Gateway Pundit, Gregory Lyakhov, 2026-01-13 -
InaccurateViral claims that cows and beef are climate solutions ignore the impacts of cattle farms
Claim:
Cows are carbon-negative; to tackle climate change, we need to raise more cows and eat more beef.
Source: TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media user, 2025-12-18 -
If CO2 is 0.04% of Earth’s atmosphere, how does it cause climate change?
Common air pollutants – such as sulfur dioxide, or ozone – reach unsafe levels for humans at just a few micrograms (millionths of a gram) per cubic meter, or just a few parts per billion, far less than the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere. Thanks to how the greenhouse effect works, a little CO2 can cause a lot of heating.
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Are grid battery storage systems fire-prone? Early data suggests their fires are rare
Grid batteries can catch fire, but these fires are becoming less common as more grid batteries are built.
