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 climate change by the media in July, 2026.
Links: PBS News report, NOAA NCEI data.
Links: National Academies report, 2004 University of Arkansas study, Journal of Paleolimnology 2012 paper, NCEI data on drought frequency and severity.
Links: New York Times story, World Weather Attribution claim, warm bias documentation, urban temperature station issue, NOAA station data.
Links: TIME article, Nature Communications Biology study, natural conditions, resilience of squid populations.
Links: CBC News article, natural wildfires, May 1780 fires, Great Miramichi Fire, long term heat and drought record, burn rate research.
Links: The Denver Post article, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences study, NOAA GHCNd station data.
Links: Fox Valley WI tornado, Wisconsin Examiner story, WI tornado count, Doppler radar, declining tornadoes, Green Bay sounding.
Links: The New York Times article, actual temperature in Paris, Paris UHI, sunshine duration.
Until next month, enjoy these and other great climate fact checks at:
ClimateRealism.com
• False, Phys.org, West Africa’s Heavy Rains Aren’t Unusual or Due to Climate Change
• NPR’s Claim That Climate Change Is Destroying Children’s Summer Fun Is Ridiculous
• Parmesan Cheese Is Not Endangered by Climate Change, Reuters
ClimateDepot.com
• ‘Climate Change is Costing People Sleep’! – ‘Avg person lost nearly 56 hours of sleep per year’ due to ‘hotter nighttime temps’ – Via Climate Central activists
• Celebrate! ’45 Climate Policy Reversals in One Year’ – Climate activists’ lament: ‘I do not think I have ever felt this upset’ – ‘It is worse than it feels’ – ‘It scares me’
• The Editor of UK Telegraph gives up! ‘We’ve lost the war against climate change. Time to scrap net zero’
Wattsupwiththat.com
• Greenland’s Ice Sheet Was Supposed to Be Rapidly Melting Away. It Hasn’t Been.
• Blame Canada’s Terrible Regulations For Wildfires Ruining America’s Summer
• The Great “Hot Drought” Humbug: Why Lake Powell Is Really Drying Up
Read the original PDF, here.
