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Rush Limbaugh falsely claims there is no evidence of human-caused global warming
Claim:
There isn’t yet any empirical evidence for their claim that greenhouse gases even cause temperatures to increase.
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Source: The Rush Limbaugh Show, Rush Limbaugh, 2018-04-02 -
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-2Very lowAnalysis of “Top 10 Global Warming Lies That May Shock You”
…specifically the Chapter on Forests for full details. “Severe storms, floods and agricultural losses may cost a great deal of money, but such extreme weather events—and their resulting costs—are dramatically…
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CorrectThe long-term survival of polar bears is threatened by loss of sea-ice due to global warming, new study confirms
Claim:
"Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction"
Source: The New York Times, Henry Fountain, 2020-07-20 -
How do solar and wind change the electric grid?
…disadvantage, however, is that solar and wind are intermittent – they only work when weather permits. There are many claims that intermittency makes solar and wind unreliable. While intermittency is…
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InaccurateIn viral Turning Point USA video, Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk falsely claim there is no evidence of global warming and scientists don’t know the cause
Claim:
There is no factual data to back up global warming; real scientists don’t know whether CO<sub>2</sub>, solar sunspots or natural activity cause global warming
Source: Turning Point USA, Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, 2021-04-11 -
+1.5Very highNew York Times' coverage of IPCC report clearly presents conclusions
…the combined effects of changes in temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events, as well as increasing CO2 concentrations.” But the heads of small island nations, fearful of rising sea levels,…
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Flawed reasoningCO2 can increase plant growth in greenhouses while also negatively affecting ecosystems and human societies
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CO2 is a plant nutrient...it’s not a pollutant that threatens human civilization. If CO2 was so terrible for the planet, then installing a CO2 generator in a greenhouse would kill the plants.
Source: Natural News, Mike Adams, 2013-06-22 -
InaccurateTemperatures on Earth are increasing and the rise is drastically outpacing previous natural changes in the planet’s climate
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“We have been cooling down for the past 4000 years”; the Earth has cooled since the ‘medieval warming’, “It’s all about when you start the measurements”
Source: Media Research Center, Ian Plimer, 2023-05-02 -
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