POLITICO claims: ‘Climate inflation is here’ – ‘Climate change is already here & it’s already impacting our pocketbooks’ – ‘Climateflation is a key factor in rising electricity costs’

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-surge/2026/09/18/climate-inflation-01083586 ‘Climate change is also making goods more expensive’ BY ZACK COLMAN Excerpt: DISASTER TAX: Wars and tariffs may get the blame for inflation, but they have a costly accomplice: climate change. The greenhouse gases blanketing the atmosphere are already costing U.S. households between $400 and $900 a year. Wildfires are spiking home insurance premiums […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]