Will Global Warming Flood the Coasts of the United States?
By James D. Agresti July 18, 2012 Two new studies are predicting accelerated sea-level rises on the East and West coasts of the United States, primarily due to global warming….
Read moreInsecticide Ban, Not Global Warming, Accords With Outbreak of Disease-Carrying Insects
…models. Problematically, these models were not parameterized with data for key variables (e.g., vector abundance).” In other words, public discourse on insect-borne diseases and global warming is plagued by junk…
Read moreHas Global Warming Made Rainstorms More Intense?
By James D. Agresti February 4, 2016 In a recent article about global warming adorned with pictures of flooding and drought, New York Times environmental journalist Justin Gillis wrote: A…
Read moreHas Global Warming Turned the North Pole Into a Lake?
…is not necessarily related to global warming.” It remains to be seen whether the latest purveyors of this misinformation will issue a correction like the Times. Additional reading: Global Warming…
Read moreHurricanes, Rainfall, and Climate Change
…global warming has intensified rainfall and hurricanes. However, comprehensive facts show that rainfall and hurricane activity are well within the bounds of natural variation, and there is no cogent evidence…
Read moreIs the Earth Warming Catastrophically Fast?
…0.9 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1980s: Some people are quick to dismiss any evidence that the earth has warmed, given the track record of deceit and misinformation by global warming…
Read moreClimate Change Fears of Teen Activist Are Empirically Baseless
…expressed are not grounded in reality. The End of Humanity? Thunberg says that she is “one of the lucky ones” who are not already “dying” from global warming and claims…
Read moreThe Washington Post’s Slander on Hurricanes and Climate Change
…the risks” of “extreme weather,” and “he continues to dismantle efforts to address those risks.” Such weather, they say, is fueled by manmade global warming that creates “unusually warm ocean…
Read moreDo Those Who Doubt Climate Catastrophism Lack Scientific Credibility?
…global warming as a serious risk, which is the clear message of Gillis’ article. The Doran study Another frequently cited study about scientists’ views on global warming was published in…
Read moreThe Nation of Kiribati Is Growing, Not Sinking
By James D. Agresti September 10, 2018 Journalists are traveling to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, because they believe that global warming is causing it to sink into the…
Read moreThe “Anti-Science” Accusation
…at Columbia University. Bloomberg made this allegation in reference to the issues of global warming and evolution. This “anti-science” accusation has become a common talking point of politicians and commentators,…
Read moreWhat Will Obama’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations Cost and Achieve?
…“U.S. unwillingness to act has been the biggest obstacle to such an agreement.” He then lays out this vision: “If we start taking serious steps against global warming, the stage…
Read moreSolar Energy Costs and Impacts
…and “people are going to have to make difficult choices and take painful steps” to stem global warming. Likewise, in 2008, Barack Obama stated this under his plan to address…
Read moreElectric Cars Are Not “Zero-Emission Vehicles”
…30 years of failed predictions by global warming alarmists. Newsom then adds another layer of deception by stating that the plan reduces “dangerous carbon emissions” that “pollute our communities.” This…
Read moreThe SAT Is Feeding Students Solar Industry Propaganda
…cost of electricity by 2022. This accords with Obama’s earlier statement that “electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket” under his plan to stem global warming. This is not likely to occur,…
Read moreFactCheck.org Misrepresents the Dangers of Carbon Dioxide
…Robertson criticizes Rick Santorum for a statement he made about global warming on March 12th in Biloxi, Mississippi. Alluding to the fact that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a vital ingredient…
Read moreThe U.S. is a Democratic Constitutional Republic, and Yes, It Matters
…oneself,” “Constitution Day,” and “respect for the rights of others.” Contrary to what Bridge led its readers to believe, this is not a case of global warming being singled out…
Read more2017: The Year in Facts and Falsehoods
…hurricane season of 2017 was fueled by global warming. Such claims were reported by CNN, the Washington Post, Politico, the BBC, and others, but comprehensive facts show that rainfall and…
Read moreBans on Plastic Bags Harm the Environment
…nine impact categories, which include global warming potential, abiotic depletion, acidification, eutrophication, human toxicity, fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity, marine aquatic ecotoxicity, terrestrial ecotoxicity, and photochemical oxidation. Furthermore, the study found…
Read moreThe Science of Abortion: When Does Life Begin?
…that “leaders on the left” who “wag their fingers” about the “settled science” of global warming are hypocrites when it comes to science, and someone should ask them if they…
Read morePoll Reveals Voters Misinformed About Key Issues
…range of issues, the poll consisted of questions about government spending, the national debt, taxes, healthcare, hunger, global warming, pollution, energy, and Social Security. Each question focused on a central…
Read moreThe Term “Carbon Pollution” Is Unscientific and Misleading
…like “greenhouse gas”? Only those who simply echo what they hear or those wantonly pushing global warming-related taxes, regulations or similar polices would use such verbiage. In sum, those who…
Read morePre-Election Poll: Voters Broadly Misinformed About Key Issues
…voters’ political inclinations and 19 dealing with their knowledge of policy issues. Each question addressed a central element of a key issue, including healthcare, taxes, government spending, global warming, Social…
Read moreFact-Based Poll Reveals Fictions Believed by Voters
…healthcare, Medicare, global warming, pollution, and Social Security. For instance, voters were asked: Do you think the federal government spends more money on social programs, such as Medicare, education, and…
Read morePoll Reveals Voters are Uninformed About Major Issues
…of 23 questions about education, healthcare, taxes, government spending, global warming, Social Security, energy, hunger, pollution, and the national debt. Overall, the majority of voters gave the correct answer to…
Read morePoll: Public Broadly Unaware that “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” was Disproved by Obama Administration
…December 15–20, 2015. This poll also contained 23 questions to measure voters’ knowledge of policy issues, such as education, healthcare, taxes, global warming, and hunger. Further details are available here….
Read moreThe New York Times Regularly Publishes Falsehoods That Spur Violent Unrest and Civic Dysfunction
…the academic book Debates on U.S. Immigration, federal law, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Distorting Science According to the New York Times: Global warming has caused “an intensification of…
Read moreQuestion of the Day
…say “most of the beaches on the East Coast” of the U.S. will “be gone in 25 years” due to global warming. How many of these beaches are now gone?…
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In 1989, a NASA scientist and leading researcher on global warming projected that the Earth’s average temperature would increase by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit “by the year 2020.” What was the…
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Under global warming and rising sea levels, how much net land area did the earth lose from 1985 to 2015?…
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