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Climate Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage. Our goal is to help readers know which news to trust.

Latest Article Reviews

In Paris Agreement op-ed, US Senator Ted Cruz misrepresents the costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Sen. Cruz’s article cites a single report that assessed only the costs of climate actions, relying on a series of assumptions that maximized those estimated costs, and that exclu...

New York Times series accurately describes research on Antarctic ice sheets and sea level rise, but highlights uncertain studies

The New York Times

"Generally scientifically sound, but caution should be displayed before basing discussion solely on a single modeling study, especially when it incorporates fundamentally different..

ThinkProgress story on thawing Alaskan tundra generally accurate but somewhat misleading

"The writing is a bit over the top, but factually correct in general. The main weakness is in linking the solidly evidence-based observed changes from the Commane et al paper with ..

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Latest Claim Reviews

"The temperature is not rising nearly as fast as the alarmist computer models predicted. You know, it’s much, much less, factors of 2 or 3 less."

William Happer, CNN

"more than 100 per cent of the warming over the past century is due to human actions"

Michael Le Page, New Scientist

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Insights

Trump’s justification for withdrawing from Paris Agreement backed by a cherry-picked analysis

The reviewers explain that this report fails to represent our best understanding of the expected impacts of the Paris Agreement. The report only assessed the costs of climate actio...

Report Heartland Institute sent to influence US teachers on climate change earns an “F” from scientists

"This document could be used in the classroom to teach students about deliberate misinformation and how to identify it.

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Climate Feedback accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter

Climate Feedback has received accreditation by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at The Poynter Institute. Climate Feedback is the first and only accredited organizati...

Poynter Training “SciFacts: Fact-Checking Claims About Science”

The Poynter Institute is hosting a free one-day workshop to discuss the key challenges of reporting the facts about science. This workshop is specifically designed for reporters wh...

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