“NOAA makes it official. Last 8 years... global cooling.”
What FactCheck.org found
The warming trend in global temperature continued in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. But a viral tweet wrongly claimed the agency had announced a "global cooling" trend.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Steve Milloy (-) made this claim around 12 January 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 January 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Steve Milloy has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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