Explore Articles: Fact-Checking Climate Data

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

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Spain

No, este vídeo no muestra la demolición de una central nuclear: es la central térmica de La Robla (León) que se cerró en 2020

Maldita
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Spain

This video does not show the destruction of a nuclear power plant but of coal

Newtral
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 | Extreme weather events
Portugal

The “rare atmospheric phenomenon” as the cause of the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula: the Portuguese power company denies having said it and Reuters has deleted it

Maldita
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 | Extreme weather events
Portugal

It is false that the Portuguese Energy Network attributed the general shutdown to an induced atmospheric vibration

Verificat
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Spain

What do we know about the blackout occurring in Germany, France, Finland, the Netherlands, as well as peninsular Spain and Portugal

Maldita
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 | Fossil fuels
Portugal

Blackout in the Iberian Peninsula. 'Portugal imports 30% of the electricity it needs,' people criticize on social media. Is it true?

Polígrafo
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 | Renewables
United States

Solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert goes out of business, but that doesn't mean renewables are a “hoax”

Faktograf
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 | Fossil fuels
Germany

Climate, war and crude figures – Study on CO2 emissions in the Ukraine war fictitious

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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CO2 can promote plant growth, but too much of it pollutes the climate

Correctiv
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Comparing wind power to total energy demand is misleading

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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United States

Tree discovery is no proof – researcher: Man-made climate change melted the ice

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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Brazil

Sea levels are also rising near Rio de Janeiro

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

'Global warming is the best thing that ever happened to Earth': scientist explains why it's a lie

Delfi Lithuania
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Germany

Lack of context – First German offshore wind farm served its purpose

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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Poland

Do humans not have a dominant influence on the climate? We explain

Demagog Poland
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Poland

A decrease in temperature by 0.5 degrees. What does this mean for climate change?

Demagog Poland
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CN

Hundreds of coal-fired power plants and millions from Germany: What is true about these figures about China

Correctiv
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Italy

NATO cannot influence precipitation with weather radars

Oštro
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 | Conspiracy theories

Weather conditions controlled by HAARP technology

Funky Citizens
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With the help of HAARP technology, artificial snow would be created

Funky Citizens
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 | Renewables

No, solar parks do not generate so much heat that birds and insects die

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