“Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 7 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Canada’s wildfires have set records for carbon dioxide emissions over a short period of time, but they represent only a tiny fraction of total CO2 emissions from human activity.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 June 2023, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CtM_58AuQ0_/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=c2ee0963-b04d-411d-94…
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