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Earth Day: A Global Celebration Aimed at Protecting the Planet

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Madison Dapcevich
April 22, 2024 The holiday's evolution has paralleled and influenced legislation, regulation and scientific adv ...
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Greta Thunberg Never Suggested Climate Change Would Wipe Out Humanity by 2023

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Alex Kasprak
March 14, 2024 The deleted tweet is real, but it never said what people claim it said.
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Just 100 Corporations Are Responsible for Majority of World's Greenhouse Gases?

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Jessica Lee
March 12, 2024 This social media exchange from 2018 routinely surfaces on Reddit — despite its misleading info.
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Biodegradable Burial Pods Turn Human Bodies Into Trees?

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Madison Dapcevich
Nov. 16, 2023 "Turn your loved ones into trees!" read one social media post describing the product.
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Pics Show 'Blue Lava' Erupting From a Volcano in Ethiopia?

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Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 27, 2023 The bright blue coloration was caused by volcanic activity — but it wasn't molten rock.
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Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada.

Canada Has More Lakes Than All Other Countries Combined?

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Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 19, 2023 The five Great Lakes, which straddle the U.S-Canada border, contain 18% of the world's fresh lak ...
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Did Greta Thunberg Delete Tweet Claiming Climate Change Will Wipe Out Humanity by 2023?

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Alex Kasprak
March 17, 2023 Numerous tweets from conservative pundits misread the claim repeated by Thunberg, GritPost, and ...
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Did World Economic Forum Order Governments to Begin Rationing Water?

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Alex Kasprak
April 14, 2023 A melange of conspiracy theories about global elites was Frankensteined into an April 2023 artic ...
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Is This Real Video of the Shiveluch Volcano Eruption in Russia?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
April 12, 2023 The video shows a vast cloud of ash and smoke rising from the volcano.
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Can Mount Everest Fit Inside the Mariana Trench?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 6, 2023 They represent the highest and deepest places on earth respectively.
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Does Pic Show Police 'Gas Stove Unit' Confiscating a Stove?

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Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 30, 2023 Unfounded fears of a U.S. ban on gas stoves generated satirical posts.
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Was Carole Baskin's Former Husband Don Lewis Found Alive in Costa Rica?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan. 18, 2023 The flower-crowned Big Cat Rescue owner has long been the target of macabre but unfounded rumors ...
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Are Windmill Turbine Blades Buried in Wyoming Landfill?

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Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 27, 2020 At least 90% of a wind turbine is recyclable.
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Are Over 100 Whales Trapped in Underwater 'Jails'?

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Bethania Palma
Dec. 19, 2018 Animal welfare activists and experts are deeply concerned about 90 belugas and 11 orcas that wer ...
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Do Windmills Consume More Energy to Build Than They Ever Produce?

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Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2015 Thomas Homer-Dixon did not argue that windmills never recoup the energy it takes to build them.
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Concept piece showing asbestos alongside safety goggles and a mask.

Is the EPA Allowing for the Approval of New Asbestos-Containing Products?

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Alex Kasprak
June 11, 2018 The Environmental Protection Agency will be allowing for potential new uses of asbestos, while l ...
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Do Rocks Falling Into the Ocean Contribute to Global Sea Level Rise?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
May 18, 2018 On human timescales, sediment and rocks flowing into the ocean do not appreciably contribute to ...
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Are Nestle and Coca-Cola Trying to Privatize a South American Aquifer?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
March 6, 2018 Some fringe blogs in North America picked up a claim about the Guarani Aquifer that has already ...
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Were Scientists Caught Tampering with Raw Data to Exaggerate Sea Level Rise?

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Alex Kasprak
Dec. 22, 2017 Breitbart pushed an extremely flawed study as evidence of a widespread conspiracy to inflate sea ...
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Is Chocolate 'On Track to Go Extinct' in 40 Years?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 2, 2018 Clickbait headlines suggesting a future without chocolate were based on a distorted reading of e ...
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