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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2022 a Facebook post:
Studies show plastics can help combat climate change.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • May 26, 2022
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition
stated on April 30, 2022 a seminar.:
“CO2 is not a pollutant.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 12, 2022
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on March 23, 2022 a Senate hearing:
In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Eli Bremer
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2022 an article:
"Bill Gates hatches 'horribly stupid' plan to block out the sun"
False
By Monique Curet • February 25, 2022
Watts Up With That
Watts Up With That
stated on January 31, 2022 a blog post:
“Facebook is spamming all climate articles by misleading readers about” the accuracy of climate models.
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2022 a Facebook post:
Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2021 Facebook posts:
A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
Half-True
By Becca Schimmel • December 2, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 Panel discussion:
“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • November 30, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on November 9, 2021 a tweet:
Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference.
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 1, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2021
Steven Koonin
Steven Koonin
stated on October 26, 2021 an Instagram video:
“Greenland's ice sheet isn't shrinking any more rapidly today than it was 80 years ago.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 3, 2021
Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet:
The Biden administration "published a study concluding 4 (of) 5 new cars on the road by 2050 will still require liquid fuels."
True
By Lyle Muller, Sabine Martin • October 28, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 24, 2021 a blog post:
“COP26 luxury EVs to be recharged using diesel generators”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2021
Heartland Institute
Heartland Institute
stated on October 11, 2021 an article from the Heartland Institute:
“U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 16, 2021 a Facebook post:
A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2021 an article:
"Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 11, 2021
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on September 28, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2021
Gary Palmer
Gary Palmer
stated on September 13, 2021 remarks during a House hearing:
“As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2021
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