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CO2

Flawed reasoning
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-05-26
CO2 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, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-05-14
Misleading
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-04-25
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
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2017-03-10
Science 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
- Climate
Posted on: 2016-11-02
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

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