Incorrect
Energy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change
Claim:
Most likely the primary control knob [on climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.
Articles tagged with
CO2
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Source: CNBC, Rick Perry, 2017-06-19 -
Flawed reasoningCO2 is a greenhouse gas that caused warming during past climate changes, notably as a feedback amplifying other factors
Claim:
Increases in atmospheric CO2 followed increases in temperature. Therefore, CO2 levels could not have forced temperatures to rise.
Source: Heartland Institute, Robert Carter, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, 2025-08-08 -
Misleading
In CNN interview, William Happer misleads about the impact of rising carbon dioxide on plant life
Claim:
there's this myth that's developed around carbon dioxide that it's a pollutant […] Carbon dioxide is a perfectly natural gas, it’s just like water vapor, it’s something that plants love.
Source: CNN, William Happer, 2017-04-22 -
IncorrectScience shows that humans are primarily responsible for climate change, counter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim
Claim:
I would not agree that [carbon dioxide is] a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.
Source: CNBC, Scott Pruitt, 2017-03-09 -
Wall Street Journal op-ed ignores evidence of negative impacts of increasing CO2
Claim:
Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide has helped raise global food production and reduce poverty.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Harrison Schmitt, Rodney Nichols, 2016-10-31
