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US: At Least 25 Dead Amid Record Temperatures

Is the heat dome a climate change wake-up call or are doomsday narratives doing more harm than good?

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US: At Least 25 Dead Amid Record Temperatures

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Above: A youth football coach during a heat wave on the West Side of Chicago on July 2. Image credit: Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Climate-concerned narrative

Scientists have confirmed that this week's brutal heat dome would've been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. Fossil fuel emissions have fundamentally altered the climate, making deadly heat waves far more likely today than before industrialization. Dismissing green policy right now, as temperatures shatter records across the U.S. and Europe, is a dangerous act of willful ignorance.

Guardian The New York Times

Climate-skeptic narrative

Climate doomsterism has a long track record of being spectacularly wrong, with climate-related deaths having fallen by over 90% in the past century. Air quality keeps improving, food production keeps rising, and human innovation consistently outpaces the catastrophes alarmists predict. Scaring people with apocalyptic narratives causes real harm, from mental health damage to declining birth rates, without improving the environment.

Heritage Foundation New York Post