Climate Fact-Check July 2026: ‘Climate change’ is NOT causing droughts, heatwaves, shrinking squid brains, wildfires, snow droughts & more tornadoes
Climate Fact-Check July 2026 Guest Post by: The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, The Heartland Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate. Editor’s note: This compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made about […]
Meteorologist Chris Martz: ‘Worldwide fire burn area is at a record low year-to-date’ – ‘No statistically significant increase in the amount of global land area in droughts’
Hi Congressman. You have opinions. But I have data. Let's look at it. 1⃣ Wildfires occur every year all over the world. That's true this year, just like it was last year and 5,000 years ago. But as it turns out, worldwide fire burn area is at a record low year-to-date.… https://t.co/YpnKSFrkne pic.twitter.com/rBePfROmMi — Chris […]
Watch: Even UN IPCC finds no increases in hurricanes, floods, & droughts
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. points out that while the IPCC detects increases in heatwaves and heavy rainfall, it does not find clear increases in hurricanes, floods, droughts, or winter storms.… pic.twitter.com/tsXKNT2QHO — Freedom Research (@freedom_rsrch) April 24, 2026
MAG: ‘Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change’ – ‘Fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create’
https://newrepublic.com/article/207231/somali-immigrants-climate-trump By Elham Shirin – The New Repubic Somali immigrants in the U.S. haven’t just fled violence—they’ve fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create. Excerpt: But what Trump—and the political discourse focused on conflict-driven migration out of Somalia—misses is the pervasive role of climate change in people’s decisions to move both in and […]
Meteorologist rips UK Guardian for blaming ‘climate change’ for causing both floods & droughts
This is fun! Four years ago, The @Guardian reported that Spain and Portugal are becoming too dry because of [man-made] climate change. 🏜️ But, after the devastating floods in the fall of 2024, The Guardian changed their tune. They now say Spain is too wet thanks to climate… pic.twitter.com/sBPX9zhSGg — Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) March 7, […]
No, Al-Jazeera, Climate Change Hasn’t Altered African Flood and Drought Patterns
No, Al-Jazeera, Climate Change Hasn’t Altered African Flood and Drought Patterns By Anthony Watts Al Jazeera (AJ) recently published an article titled “Drought in the east, floods in the south: Africa battered by climate change” by Haru Mutasa, in which the reporter details recent experiences of drought in East Africa and flooding in southern Africa, […]
‘Permanent drought’ update – LA Times: ‘California is free of all drought, dryness for first time in 25 years’
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-09/california-has-no-areas-of-dryness-first-time-in-25-years By Clara Harter – La Times Staff Writer Excerpt: California has zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years after an exceptionally wet holiday season soaked the state. Currently, 14 of the state’s 17 major water reservoirs are at 70% capacity or higher and wildfire risk is minimal. Despite the […]
Another failed prediction circles the drain: No ‘permanent megadrought’ as California is now officially drought free & state reservoir levels are at 119% of normal
So much for that permanent megadrought climate “scientists” warned about. Another failed prediction circles the drain. https://t.co/Zz56MMQ51k — Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) December 27, 2025
No, Reuters, Climate Change is Not Threatening Europe’s Resources
No, Reuters, Climate Change is Not Threatening Europe’s Resources By Anthony Watts In the article, “Climate change and pollution threaten Europe’s resources, EU warns,” Reuters asserts that climate change poses a “direct threat” to Europe’s natural resources, citing an EU environment agency report, and warns of worsening droughts and extreme weather. These claims are patently false. History […]
No, BBC, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Water Shortages in Scotland
No, BBC, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Water Shortages in Scotland By Anthony Watts The BBC published a story by Scotland editor, James Cook, blaming climate change for low catchment, river, and reservoir levels across the country. A detailed look at actual data shows this is false. Scotland, though generally rainy and wet, has experienced droughts […]