Climate Change Misconceptions

Fact Checks

• + High Winds, Drought Conditions Led to Maui Fires, No Evidence Intentionally Set
• + Posts Share Fabricated Quote on ‘Permanent Climate Lockdowns’

Fact Checks

• + Meme Makes Misleading Comparison to Cast Doubt on Climate Change

SciCheck Digests

• + How do scientists know climate change is happening?

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• + Electric Vehicles Contribute Fewer Emissions Than Gasoline-Powered Cars Over Their Lifetimes

SciCheck Digests

• + CO2 makes up a small fraction of the gases in the atmosphere, but is very powerful
• + How can carbon dioxide be harmful if it’s ‘plant food’?

Fact Checks

• + Warming Beyond 1.5 C Harmful, But Not a Point of No Return, as Biden Claims