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 top false claims made about climate change by the media in February, 2026.
Links: Inside Climate News article, The World Organization for Animal Health, ranavirus info.
Links: WCNC Charlotte article, Climate Central study, UN FAO data.
Links: AP story, NOAA station data, NOAA HURDAT2 data, stream gauge data.
Links: Climate Power post.
Links: Oceanographic Magazine article, NOAA Honolulu tide gauge record.
Links: Paper from Journal of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, UPenn press release, ERA5 dataset, 1940 data, data quality uncertainty, independent studies, ERA5 wind speed underestimation issues.
Until next month, enjoy these and other great climate fact checks at:
ClimateRealism.com
• Sorry, The Guardian and Other Media Outlets, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Unusual Storms in Europe
• Climate Change is Not Going to Cost Colorado Billions, Colorado Sun
• Wrong, The Week, Climate Change Didn’t Shrink U.S. Paychecks
ClimateDepot.com
• Yale University publishes warning: ‘The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate’ – ‘World is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences’
• The Nation Mag: ‘The Iran War Is Also a Climate War’ – ‘Climate change is…structurally embedded in modern warfare’ – ‘The outbreak of any war is bad news for the climate’
• Wash Post: ‘Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate’
Wattsupwiththat.com
• RealClear Politics Is Right: The Climate Hoax Is a Massive Financial Scam
• Surprising Discovery: Sahara Is Greening…Billions of Trees Where Once Thought To Be Barren
• Clearing up some misconceptions about the DoE report
