Fact-Checks

Climate-General Tech-General Tech-Crypto

False: NFTs were invented in 2001 by the band Gorillaz.

Climate-General Tech-Business

False: Carbon footprint from Jeff Bezos' space ship is similar to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest.

Climate-General Economics-Business

True: 100 companies are responsible for 71 percent of global carbon emissions.

Climate-General Tech-General

True: Solar and wind power as a share of global electricity has doubled since 2015.

Climate-General Events-Natural Disasters

Misleading: Global warming is a natural recurring process.

Climate-General Events-Activism Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Denver International Airport canceled many Southwest Airlines flights owing to pilots' protests over COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Climate-General

True: Water vapor contributes to global warming more than carbon dioxide.

Climate-General

True: More than one billion marine creatures died due to the heatwave in Canada and the United States in June 2021.

Climate-General

True: Oceans produce more oxygen than all trees combined.

Climate-General

Partly_True: The E.U. has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030.

Climate-General Economics-General Tech-Crypto

True: Mining Bitcoins consumes more electricity annually than Argentina.

Climate-General Economics-General Politics-People Climate-General Economics-General Politics-People

Misleading: Biden and Harris want to bury our economy under a Green New Deal.

Climate-General Politics-General

False: Under President Trump, the US has reduced CO2 emissions more than countries still in the Paris Climate Accord.

Climate-General Events-Natural Disasters Politics-General

False: West Coast wildfires have nothing to do with Climate Change.

Climate-General Politics-General

Misleading: Carbon dioxide emissions of the US went down under the Trump administration.

Climate-General Politics-People

Misleading: Joe Biden wants to grow the fracking industry.