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Climate & environment fact checks
Explore claims publishers have checked about climate & environment. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.
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PolitiFactClimate & environment
Nicole Schwab said, “Permanent climate lockdowns coming — whether you like it or not.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactClimate & environment
Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
“Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgClimate & environment
“The truth is, it is unclear if Antarctica is losing any ice on balance or if it’s currently experiencing a net gain."
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgClimate & environment
"The Amazon creates over 20% of the world’s oxygen."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
Says Koalas are "functionally extinct" as bushfires in Australia continue to destroy their habitat.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
"Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
Says two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactClimate & environment
“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgClimate & environment
If global warming goes above 1.5 C “we’re done; there’s no way to turn it around, according to the scientists that tell us.”
Publisher’s rating: False
