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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

During the 2024 UK general election campaign, politicians and newspapers have used a series of “scary-sounding numbers” to mislead voters about n... Read More

Factchecks | Jun 27. 2024.
Sunset during heatwave at Minster on Sea, Kent, UK, June 2023.

Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect

Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. ... Read More

Factchecks | Apr 4. 2024.
Heat pump installed at a contemporary residential property

Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps

Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They now feature in most proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emi... Read More

Other technologies | Mar 21. 2024.
Close up of newly imported Chinese electric cars, awaiting UK distribution.

Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles

Electric vehicles (EVs) significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost all circumstances and are the key technology for decarbonising... Read More

UK policy | Oct 24. 2023.
A Los Angeles County fire truck attacks flames in Valyermo, California.

Factcheck: Scientists pour cold water on claims of ‘journal bias’ by author of wildfires study

A researcher who claimed his wildfire study was only published in a prominent journal because he “left out the full truth” has faced widespread c... Read More

Factchecks | Sep 8. 2023.
Liz Truss after being announced as Britain's next prime minister in London, September 5 2022. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo.

Factcheck: Why fracking is not the answer to the UK’s energy crisis

The UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss has used her first major policy address to announce an end to the moratorium on fracking in England. Annou... Read More

UK policy | Sep 9. 2022.
Wymeswold Solar Farm, the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, is based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. Image ID: DGHCKE. Credit: Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo.

Factcheck: Is solar power a ‘threat’ to UK farmland?

The “threat” posed to UK farms by the expansion of solar power has emerged as a campaign issue for the final two candidates in the race to become... Read More

Factchecks | Aug 25. 2022.
Rising water levels submerge a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Philippines

Factcheck: No, global warming has not ‘paused’ over the past eight years

A decade ago, many in the climate community were fixated on an apparent “pause” in rising global surface temperatures. So many studies were publi... Read More

Factchecks | Jul 14. 2022.
Oil platforms flaring in Brent Oil Field, North Sea

Factcheck: Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be ‘climate compatible’?

The UK made history in November 2021 by helping to secure the first mention of the need to tackle fossil fuels in a global climate agreement, at the ... Read More

Oil and gas | Feb 24. 2022.
The Nandi Devi mountain in Uttarakhand is the source of the Rishi river, which flooded this week

Factcheck: Did climate change contribute to India’s catastrophic ‘glacial flood’?

On Sunday 7 February, a sudden flood devastated a Himalayan valley in the Indian province of Uttarakhand. It tore through two hydroelectric dams, kil... Read More

Factchecks | Feb 9. 2021.
A remote control pointed to a smart tv showing a selection of on-demand video streaming services

Factcheck: What is the carbon footprint of streaming video on Netflix?

The use of streaming video is growing exponentially around the world. These services are associated with energy use and carbon emissions from devices... Read More

Factchecks | Feb 25. 2020.
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