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Climate & environment fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about climate & environment. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,358 published reviews in this topic

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

"We could lose half the world’s oxygen because of what’s going on in the oceans."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactClimate & environment

Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactClimate & environment

A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

Speaking about new water conservation laws in California: "Now that they’re rationing water for people, they’re saying you’re going to get, very shortly — I heard the governor saying you get 50 gallons"

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

"NOAA makes it official. Last 8 years... global cooling."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactClimate & environment

Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

“The day Al Gore was born there were 130,000 glaciers on Earth. Today, only 130,000 remain.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

Referring to wind energy, "windmills ... don’t work, and they’re all — most of them — made in China."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

“It’ll start getting cooler,” adding that he didn’t think “science knows” whether or not temperatures would increase in the future.

Publisher’s rating: Counter To Climate Science

PolitiFactClimate & environment

"(I) am proud that Senator Rubio and I were able to help secure an unprecedented $1 billion for Everglades restoration, the largest single amount ever allocated by the federal government."

Publisher’s rating: Voted against bill

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

"91% of the world’s population are exposed to air pollution above the World Health Organization’s suggested level. NONE ARE IN THE U.S.A.!"

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

“Scientists say this map represents the United States in 30 years if we don’t reverse climate change.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgClimate & environment

“Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

The lifespan of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

President Joe Biden’s comments confirm that the government is going to “increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactClimate & environment

"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."

Publisher’s rating: Half True