Media Matters - Climate Change

Media Matters - Climate Change http://mediamatters.org This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Climate Change en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America Will distorted stolen CRU emails to argue against climate change legislation http://mediamatters.org/research/200911300003 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911300003 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:20:04 EST Breitbart:  "Capital punishment for Dr James Hansen. Climategate is high treason" http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911290004 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911290004 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:05:54 EST Hannity's not even close on 2009 temperatures http://mediamatters.org/research/200911250020 warmest years on record.
]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911250020 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:37:07 EST Quick Fact: Drudge, Washington Times falsely claim allegedly hacked emails show global warming is not real http://mediamatters.org/research/200911250005 Washington Times editorial that falsely claims a series of emails that were reportedly stolen from the UK's Climate Research Unit [CRU] show that global warming is an "unproven theory." In fact, the validity of climate science is not hinged on the contents of these emails, some of which conservative media have taken out of context; reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading scientific body for assessing climate change research, are the product of thousands of scientists worldwide.
]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911250005 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:58:51 EST Quick Fact: Varney claims apparently hacked CRU emails suggest that "scientists are fudging data to make their case for global warming" http://mediamatters.org/research/200911240044 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911240044 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:10 EST Beck's "brand new reality" on climate change relies on distorting apparently stolen emails http://mediamatters.org/research/200911230052 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911230052 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:50:57 EST Note to AP: A theft is not a "leak" http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911220011 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911220011 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:43:32 EST Quick Fact: WSJ's Freeman claims "there hasn't been any warming since 1998"; climate experts disagree http://mediamatters.org/research/200911210006 Wall Street Journal assistant editorial page editor James Freeman claimed that efforts to pass cap and trade legislation will fail because there is "no premise" for such legislation since "there hasn't been any warming since 1998," later adding that "there's no proof that this is happening as a result of man's activities, in fact, lately, it's not even happening anymore."]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911210006 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:22:32 EST Quick Fact: Hannity falsely claimed Gore was wrong to say British judge ruling on An Inconvenient Truth "favored his point of view" http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200062 An Inconvenient Truth, in Hannity's words, "favored his point of view" was "absolutely false."]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200062 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:13 EST Limbaugh distorts apparently stolen emails to falsely claim global warming is "made up" http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200051 J.S. & C.S. http://mediamatters.org/research/200911200051 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:32 EST Fox News falsely claimed EPA officials "questioned the science behind global warming policy" http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180008 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180008 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:32:51 EST Right-wing blogs promote global warming skeptic who falsely claims volcanoes to blame for CO2 in the atmosphere http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130016 Telegraph article on an Australian scientist's arguments that carbon dioxide emissions are "not causing" the Earth to warm, that global warming is natural, and that it is not caused by human emissions. However, one of geologist Ian Plimer's central assertions in the article -- that volcanoes are the primary source for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- is false; moreover, Plimer's claims about global warming have been widely criticized and challenged by other experts.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130016 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:46:57 EST Beck, conservative media fearmonger that cap-and-trade would grant president Chavez-like powers http://mediamatters.org/research/200911120036 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911120036 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:28 EST Fox Nation claims "Kids Exploited for Climate Change" in WWF video http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911100035 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911100035 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:16 EST In Newsweek, Will employs falsehood to attack Newsweek article on warming http://mediamatters.org/research/200911090032 Newsweek column, George Will claimed that global warming "has not increased" for 11 years and suggested that the world may be cooling in order to attack an October 31 Newsweek profile of former Vice President Al Gore. Scientists and statisticians reject Will's claim that recent temperatures are evidence that there is no global warming as they have rejected many of Will's previous claims about global warming.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911090032 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:08:59 EST