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Browse verified fact-checks and debunks addressing misinformation and disinformation about climate change, curated by European fact-checking organizations.

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The nitrogen dioxide emitted by gas stoves has many deleterious effects on health, as recently reported by the press

Science Feedback
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Czech Republic

In Spain, small dams were removed – they do not hold back water during floods

Demagog Czechia
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Spain

Watch out for these publications claiming that ships linked to HAARP caused the floods in Spain

AFP
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AEMET radars cannot move clouds and did not cause DANA in Valencia

AFP
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Video of the “bombing” of a storm is not linked to DANA in Spain: it's a montage

AFP
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Czech Republic

The conclusions of the study have been distorted, it does not deny the influence of CO₂ on global warming

Demagog Czechia
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Beware of the fraudulent SMS that supplants the Aemet warning of a storm

Verificat
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

Floods in Spain may have been caused intentionally

Funky Citizens
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2015 consultation by an MEP does not prove that “chemtrails” exist or are used in Spain

AFP
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Spain

No, HAARP can’t create floods, climate change can make heavy rainfall more extreme

Science Feedback
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Neither did Spain “demolish” more than 100 dams, nor does the 2030 Agenda demand it

AFP
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It is false that a floating power plant that was in Spain can generate natural disasters

AFP
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France

Clouds can't move with radars, unlike what a viral video says

Verificat
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Australia

This video doesn't show the impact of DANA in Castelldefels, it was shot in Australia in 2020

Verificat
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Australia

Solar panels produce a small amount of waste compared to other sources

Science Feedback
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It is false that the Spanish Government has destroyed dams, aggravating the consequences of DANA

AFP
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Spain

Catastrophic floods in the Spanish region of Valencia are the result of a well-known meteorological phenomenon

Faktograf
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Spain

No “hundreds of dead” have been found in the Bonaire car park

EFE Verifica
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Spain

The City Council of Valencia has not sent municipal workers to place the Christmas lights during the week

EFE Verifica
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Spain

No 30 reservoirs were destroyed in Valencia and whoever says so has nothing to do with the Tous dam

EFE Verifica
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Spain

It's not the kings' escort in Paiporta, they're patrol cars owned by the local police in Madrid

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