Inaccurate
Simple measurements demonstrate that CO2 is a greenhouse gas contrary to claim in online blogs
Claim:
CO2 is not a greenhouse gas.
Articles tagged with
Greenhouse gas emissions
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Source: Technocracy.news, Tim Ball, 2018-09-13 -
Inaccurate
Volcanic CO2 emissions are known to be much smaller than human-caused emissions
Claim:
Discovery Of Massive Volcanic CO2 Emissions Discredits Global Warming Theory
Source: Principia Scientific, James Edward Kamis, 2018-11-07 -
Inaccurate
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Misleading
Rick Perry's claim that US is "leading the world" in emission cuts is misleading
Claim:
I think about all the 194 [countries] that signed onto the Paris accord, the U.S. is the one that's leading the world in reducing emissions
Source: Fox News, Rick Perry, 2019-08-13 -
Inaccurate
Claim that electric vehicles cause more carbon emissions than diesel misrepresents reality
Claim:
New Study Confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars
Source: Infowars, Zero Hedge, Anonymous, 2019-04-22 -
Lacks contextClaim that cows have more impact on climate than cars depends on the timescale
Claim:
Burping cows are more damaging to the climate than all the cars on this planet.
Source: Financial Times, Barclay's, 2019-02-19 -
0.2Neutral
Guardian story on climate impacts of diet gets mixed reviews from scientists
“The word “Avoiding” in title and text is overly strong and should have been “Reducing”. Adopting a vegan diet is not necessary, but a reduction to having meat 1-2 times a week and dairy 3-4 times a week would suffice. In fact, flexitarian diets utilize natural resources much more efficiently than vegan diets[1]. In the article, Peter Alexander is quoted saying something to the same effect.”
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1.5Very high
Guardian story accurately describes study on environmental impacts of our food system
“Although the presented facts are clear, the scientists give a personal interpretation of the priorities and needed policies, which are not covered in the source. The data give added value, but are in line with earlier studies.”
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0.7High
Guardian story conveys statement by scientists stressing role of deforestation in climate change
“The article correctly links estimates of current carbon dioxide emissions from land use and land cover change with fairly conservative estimates for potential carbon sequestration embedded in “natural climate solutions” as part of the climate mitigation strategy to avoid 1.5°C warming.
Land-use and land-cover change is responsible for roughly 10-15% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. Forest management, reforestation, and afforestation where appropriate, is part of the climate mitigation portfolio assessed by Integrated Assessment Models used in the IPCC process.” -
Incorrect
Ian Plimer wrongly claims that carbon dioxide emissions do not cause climate change
Claim:
there is no relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide emissions by humans[...] carbon dioxide has had a minuscule effect on global climate
Source: The Australian, Ian Plimer, 2018-08-07
