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Search results for "Heat waves are shattering temperature records across the globe"

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Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”
By Sara Swann• November 3, 2023
Danielle Pletka stated on November 25, 2018 in in a panel discussion:
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
By John Kruzel• November 28, 2018
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a Houston woman baking bread in her mailbox.
By Ranjan Jindal• June 28, 2024
Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:
Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 1, 2021
Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2021 in Facebook post:
A heat wave melted turbine blades at a Texas wind farm.
By Michael Majchrowicz• June 21, 2021
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.:
“CO2 is not a pollutant.”
By Warren Fiske• May 12, 2022
Derrick Crowe stated on June 03, 2017 in as quoted in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
Says each of the past three years "has been the hottest on record."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 15, 2017
Jesse Watters stated on January 31, 2024 in a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News:
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
By Madison Czopek• February 8, 2024
Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2014
Ron Johnson stated on August 01, 2016 in an interview:
"The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."  
By Tom Kertscher• August 12, 2016
Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:
In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.
By Kristin Hugo• July 29, 2022
Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address:
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
By Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• February 15, 2013
Barry Smitherman stated on November 17, 2013 in :
"The Earth is not warming."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 13, 2013
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 21, 2022
Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview:
"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."
By John Kruzel• June 22, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:
“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
By Chris Nichols• August 18, 2020
Watts Up With That stated on January 31, 2022 in a blog post:
“Facebook is spamming all climate articles by misleading readers about” the accuracy of climate models.
By Jon Greenberg• February 4, 2022
Gary Palmer stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks during a House hearing:
“As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2021
Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a video:
Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”
By Andy Nguyen• November 29, 2022
Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video suggests Canada wildfires were deliberately set to advance “smart cities” push.
By Tom Kertscher• August 30, 2023

Articles (4004)

After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2023

Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

By Phillip Reese• September 11, 2023

What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?

By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2021

Fact-check: Did Fox News debate moderators paint an accurate picture of America?

By Madison Czopek• August 25, 2023

Fact-checking Texas Republicans on blackout blame

By Brandon Mulder• February 18, 2021

Children, older people are more vulnerable to heat strokes. Here’s how to stay safe this summer

By Grace Abels• June 22, 2026

In UN speech, Joe Biden calls for collective action on climate, COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 21, 2021

Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks

By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2017

Ask PolitiFact: Is Florida’s current COVID-19 case spike a result of seasonality?

By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2021

Health trend watch: Does drinking warm water help digestion?

By Grace Abels• February 4, 2026

How to stay warm without power in a winter storm

By Daniel Funke• February 18, 2021

How climate change is making wildfires worse

By Sara Swann• June 9, 2023

Winter chill? Gather around our most recent Pants on Fire claims

By Jon Greenberg• February 18, 2015

What do we know about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Harvey?

By Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2017

Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News

By PolitiFact Staff • August 24, 2023

Attacks and claims about climate change heat up the Truth-O-Meter

By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014

What a government study suggests about sunlight and COVID-19

By Amy Sherman• April 24, 2020

Fact-checking recent claims about climate change

By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014

DeSantis said Florida’s drought could bring a quieter hurricane season. Is that true?

By Samantha Putterman• April 27, 2026

Fact-checking recent claims about climate change

By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014