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CLIMATE FACT CHECK: JULY 2025 EDITION

Debunking the Vanilla ice cream climate apocalypse - Countering claims of climate 'supercharging'
wildfires - Texas floods are the 'new normal'?! - Reality check on claims 'fossil fuels are sabotaging'
the economy

July 4th: Vanilla ice cream is at stake because of climate change Claim: A new study published in the journal Frontiers for Plant 
Science, prompted a flurry of headlines suggesting that the classic, cherished vanilla ice cream flavor could disappear by 2050 due 
to climate-related stresses on the habitats of wild vanilla species and their pollinators. Specifically, a 60-90% reduction in 
vanilla production is expected.

Fact-Check: While the paper models future vanilla production under the UN IPCC's mid-range emissions scenarios SSP2-4.5 and SSP3-
7.0, real-world data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reveal that production has been at all-time record highs 
in the last 20 years, despite global warming. Regardless, more than 99% of vanilla flavoring today is from synthetic vanillin, 
derived from guaiacol, a petroleum product that is chemically identical to the natural vanillin molecule. So, even if wild vanilla 
species went extinct, the same flavor can be extracted artificially. 

 
July 7th: Climate change is "supercharging" wildfires

Claim: An article in Grist magazine opines that climate change is fueling increased fire risk around the globe. The author writes, 
"In a hotter, drier world, wildfires have become more frequent and destructive."

Fact-Check: Satellites have improved scientists' ability to map fires and evaluate trends in their count and burn area in recent 
decades. The Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) uses NASA satellites to monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fires, which 
is calibrated to the area of vegetation burned. Since 2003, the data show the amount of land incinerated by fires has decreased 
significantly, and this is backed by peer-reviewed research from University of Melbourne scientists and by satellite measurements 
recorded by the European Space Agency.

July 8th: The floods in Texas were made worse by the climate crisis

Claim: Following the catastrophic flooding that took the lives of 134 people in Texas over the July 4th weekend, NPR claimed that 
"Climate change is driving more extreme rain storms... which drop more water in shorter periods of time and make dangerous floods 
more likely."

Fact-Check: While heavy rainfall has increased in Texas since 1895, most of that increase occurred before 1960, when greenhouse gas 
forcing was minimal. Since 1960, the trend is statistically insignificant, meaning any increase due to random chance cannot be 
ruled out. The UN IPCC clarifies that "heavier rainfall does not always lead to greater flooding" because flooding is contingent on 
additional factors like rainfall duration, the type of river basin and landscape. There has also been no increase in river flooding 
throughout the Texas Hill Country since 1965.

July 9th: Extreme heat is the "new normal" in Boston

Claim: In the CBS Boston (CBS-B) article titled "Is extreme heat the new normal in Boston? What hitting 102 degrees tells us about 
climate change," Jacob Wycoff claims that Boston's recent heat wave is a symptom of climate change and the "new normal."

Fact-Check: This is misleading. Long-term temperature records do not support the notion that heat waves are becoming more intense 
or more frequent in Boston. According to National Weather Service data, Boston hit a record high of 102° for June on June 24,2025. 
Boston's previous record June temperature of 100° was June 6,1925,100 years of global warming ago. The highest all-time ever 
recorded temperature in Boston was 104°F in July 1911, followed by 103°F in July 1926. The city also saw 102°F temperatures in 
1911,1975, and 1977. 

July 9th: If we stop burning fossil fuels, "1-in-100-" or "1-in-1,000-year" floods will go away

Claim: Reflecting on the Texas floods, CNN anchor Dana Bash brought former children's TV science show presenter, Bill Nye "The 
Science Guy," on air to inform viewers that if we "stop burning fossil fuels," these natural disasters will go away. Bash opened up 
the segment with a monologue stating that 1-in-100- and 1-in-1000-year floods are "not that rare anymore." Fact-
Check: A "1-in-100-year flood" means that a flood of some magnitude has a 1% chance of occurring at a specific location in any 
given year. The USGS says that the U.S. has about 250,000 rivers in 19,000 watersheds. Since individual rivers are not at an 
independent risk of flooding (as many are connected within a river basin), it can be expected that 190 of those 19,000 watersheds 
will observe a "100-year flood" each year. Dozens of these floods can occur across the U.S. each year, and it has no implications 
on climate trends.

July 15th: Much of the U.S. grappled with a record-breaking heatwave the week of July 13-19th

Claim: An Associated Press headline said that "Much of the U.S. is grappling with a record-breaking heatwave" during the week of 
July 15th.

Fact-Check: The mean temperature across the Conterminous United States was just half a degree Fahrenheit above average during the 
ten-day period ending July 21st. The anomalous warmth in New England was far from record-breaking. 

July 18th: Climate change is making hail storms more destructive

Claim: In the NBC News video report titled "How climate change could make hail storms even more destructive," viewers are warned 
that stronger storm updrafts caused by climate change might supercharge hailstones, making them up to 75 percent larger.

Fact-Check: Scientific data-including that from the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report-show no observable increase in hail intensity 
due to climate change. Hail damage costs have increased over time primarily due to increased development and property values in 
hail-prone areas. Hail is notoriously hard to measure consistently over time. Its occurrence is often underreported in sparsely 
populated areas, and radar-based detection has only become reliable in recent decades.

July 22nd: Countries that use fossil fuels are sabotaging their economies

Claim: UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, stated in a speech that "fossil fuels still enjoy a 9 to 1 advantage in consumption 
subsidies globally-a clear market distortion. Add to that the unaccounted costs of climate damages on people and the planet, and 
the distortion is even greater. Countries that cling to fossil fuels are not protecting their economies; they are sabotaging them."

Fact-Check: Data show that despite global warming, countries with the most carbon-intensive economies tend to produce the highest 
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, indicating that their economies are thriving with increased production, jobs and consumer 
spending. Meanwhile, the less developed a country is or the more "green" a nation's grid is, the less GDP per capita. 


Turns Out Americans Really Don't Care About Climate Change After All

Presented by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), The Heartland Institute, Energy and Environment Legal Institute, Committee 
for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), the
International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), and Truth in Energy and Climate.

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THIS Is Why Chicken Shit Chicken Littles Screech About Climate And Weather And Global Warbling:

The UN Makes it Official: Global Warming Hysteria Is All About Redistributing Wealth

UN IPCC Official Admits 'We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy' 

Global Study Reveals Wealth Redistribution From Blue-Carbon Ecosystems

Failed Climate Policies Are About Wealth Redistribution 

"We Redistribute De Facto The World's Wealth By Climate Policy."

How Global Warming Has Made The Rich Richer
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190502-how-global-warming-has-made-the-rich-richer

The U.N.'s Global Warming War On Capitalism: An Important History Lesson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/01/22/the-u-n-s-global-warming-war-on-capitalism-an-important-history-lesson-2/?sh=
4f89a2d429be

The Doha Wealth Redistribution Process Moves On
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidrothbard/2012/12/14/the-doha-wealth-redistribution-process-moves-on-n1465410

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"There is no doubt, that we need to have a complete transformation... the transformation of the economy, and that includes, of 
course, the private sector."

A carbon tax will change NOTHING, other than the wealth of politicians and countries who beg us for money. THAT was the purpose of 
the Paris Accord... the ONLY purpose.

Funny... when the government no longer pays for bogus money-grabbing data, the truth comes out.

"It's all about money in the end. Keeping the Gravy Train running."
https://youtu.be/J9Oi7x2OBdI?t=74

"And we're like... the world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change... "

AOC's Top Aide Admits Green New Deal About The Economy, Not Climate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aocs-top-aide-admits-green-new-deal-
about-the-economy-not-the-climate

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff recently admitted that the Green New Deal was not conceived as an effort to deal 
with climate change, but instead a "how-do-you-change-the-entire economy thing" - a remark likely to fuel Republican claims that 
the deal is nothing more than a thinly veiled socialist takeover of the U.S. economy. "The interesting thing about the Green New 
Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all," Saikat Chakrabarti said in May, according to The Washington Post.

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UN Official Admits That Climate Change Used As A Ruse To Control The World's Economy
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/diabolical-lie-called-climate-change-used-
un-promote-economic-agenda/

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"Unequal Distribution of Wealth and Power" Causes Climate Change
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/11/un-climate-summit-causes-of-
climate-change-unequal-distribution-of-wealth-and-power/

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U.N. Official Reveals Real Reason Behind Warming Scare 
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-scare-tool-to-
destroy-capitalism/

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Another Climate Alarmist Admits Real Motive Behind Warming Scare 
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/another-climate-alarmist-
admits-real-motive-behind-warming-scare/

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United Nations Official Admits the Purpose of the Global Warming Hoax is to Destroy Capitalism
http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/donald-r-may/2015-02-
27/united-nations-official-admits-purpose-global-warming#.V-nGUOM1HmE