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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

PA MediaClimate & environment

There have been 171 successful wind energy auctions, both offshore and onshore, all struck at double the current market price.

Publisher’s rating: There have only been 114 successful wind power energy auction bids since the current system launched around a decade ago, not 171 as Mr Farage claimed. Of these, 32 occurred since Ed Miliband became the Secretary of State following Labour’s general election victory in July. Analysis by the PA news agency suggests that the strike prices for 23 of these 114 wind farms were set at double what the market price was at the time the contracts were announced, while 49 were agreed at less than half of the then-market price.

فکت‌نامهClimate & environment

بحران سوخت یا حذف مازوت‌ به نفع محیط‌زیست؛ دلیل خاموشی‌های جدید چیست؟

Publisher’s rating: آمار رسمی از میزان مصرف مازوت در نیروگاه‌های ایران منتشر نمی‌شود، اما بر اساس اظهارات مقام‌های وزارت نیرو در سال گذشته، سهم مازوت در ترکیب سوخت نیروگاه‌ها حدود ۳ درصد و سهم گاز و گازوئیل به ترتیب ۹۳ و ۷ درصد است.

dpaClimate & environment

Poolverschuiving van de Noord en de Zuidpool is de enige oorzaak van klimaatverandering.

Publisher’s rating: Nee, er is geen bewijs dat magnetische ompoling en klimaatverandering iets met elkaar te maken hebben. De huidige aardopwarming wordt veroorzaakt door broeikasgassen, die worden uitgestoten door menselijke activiteit.

The review says the video discusses magnetic pole reversal but does not link it to climate change; that connection is added by the Facebook user and is unsupported by scientific evidence. It says current global warming is largely caused by greenhouse gases emitted by human activity.

dpaClimate & environment

Le CO2, c'est le gaz de la vie. Il ne représente que 0,04% de l'atmosphère. Il n'y a pas de consensus scientifique sur son impact.

Publisher’s rating: S'il est vrai que le CO2 est essentiel à la vie sur Terre, l'augmentation rapide de sa concentration dans l'atmosphère dérègle le climat. Il s'agit là d'une vérité établie sur un ensemble de preuves scientifiques vérifiables, accumulées depuis des décennies.

The review says CO2 is essential to life, but argues that the rapid rise in its atmospheric concentration disrupts the climate. It explains that human activities increase greenhouse gases, amplifying the greenhouse effect, and that the evidence for human-caused warming has led to scientific consensus.