{"id":251550,"date":"2023-04-06T15:13:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251550"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:13:33","slug":"climate-fact-check-march-2023-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251550","title":{"rendered":"Climate Fact-Check March 2023 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BySteve Milloy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s note: This summary serves as a fact check on the biggest false claims made in the media in March, 2023. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2023 witnessed the release of the final installment of the most recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the new alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Same as the old alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More on the IPCC report later. Meanwhile, here are 10 other scary climate stories from March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The<\/em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>, \u201cPermits already\u00a0issued<\/a>,\u201d \u201cproposing to issue permits<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0nature communications study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>report<\/a>,\u00a0tweet<\/a>,\u00a0annual tornado activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0Associated Press article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em> article<\/a>,\u00a0Nature<\/em> study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: Reuters\u00a0article<\/a>, Joe Bastardi\u00a0tweet<\/a>, underwater volcanic\u00a0activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: CNN\u00a0article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: Roast Magazine\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: Axios\u00a0report<\/a>,\u00a0Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>article<\/a>,\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>article<\/a>,\u00a0Rutgers snow lab data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: The Washington Post<\/em> article<\/a>, Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Word.\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0reported in \u201cThis visual shows how climate change will affect generations<\/a>\u201d this graph from the new IPCC report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But this graph is missing a few facts, as annotated below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See you in May for the April Climate Fact Check!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally posted at JunkScience.com, reposted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To read the original document at JunkScience.com, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Milloy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Milloy is a recognized leader in the fight against junk science with more than 25 years of accomplishment and experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the founder of JunkScience.com and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/junkscience.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":251574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818090,691818092,691818089,691818091],"class_list":{"0":"post-251550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-warning","9":"tag-end-of-snow","10":"tag-ippc","11":"tag-vanuatu","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Thicker-Destroy.png?fit=1920%2C1075&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-13rg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":339380,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339380","url_meta":{"origin":251550,"position":0},"title":"Climate Fact-Check July 2024 Edition","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/08\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate. 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