Climate and environment

“Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month.”

PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden’s climate plans do not include restrictions on red meat consumption. A Daily Mail article linked Biden’s goals to an unrelated 2020 study on meat consumption.

“Says two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”

PolitiFact says: Water’s-edge photographs don’t show changes in sea level over time. Global sea levels are rising and climate change is the primary reason.

“Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”

PolitiFact says: In 2009, Al Gore loosely cited researchers and said there was a “75% chance” the ice could be gone during at least some summer months within five to seven years.

“Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”

“The scientists told us three years ago that we had 12 years to avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis. We are now three years gone, so we have nine years left.”

Washington Post says: The former secretary of state is citing a date for action that climate scientists say is frequently misunderstood.

“NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”

“Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.”

“Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”

“Ted Cruz tweeted in 2016, "I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”

“Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”

PolitiFact says: Trump didn't leave a fund for farmers. Biden’s nominee for agriculture secretary says Biden would use the fund, in part, to pursue climate change goals by paying incentives to farmers for sustainable farming practices.

“Photos of massive destruction caused by the earthquake in Tajikistan”

FACTLY says: The first photo shared in the post is from the 2018 earthquake that hit Sicily city in Italy. The other photo shows a collapsed building in the 2020 earthquake hit Elazig city in Eastern Turkey. These photos have nothin…

“Photos of the massive destruction caused by an earthquake in Afghanistan”

FACTLY says: The photos shared in the post show the massive destruction caused by the earthquake in Eastern Turkey on 24 January 2020. These photos have nothing to do with the recent earthquake in Afghanistan.

“There was a red flood in Indonesia. A person claimed that the phenomenon is "unexplained," another said it is edited.”

“The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable.”

PolitiFact says: The Paris agreement relies on public reporting, and lacks enforcement teeth, but the same rules apply equally to every country.

“FACT CHECK: Old And Unrelated Video Shared As Cyclone Burevi In Sri Lanka”

“2011 Video Of Tsunami In Japan Shared As Recent Karachi Floods…”

“Marina beach and accompanying roads inundated with rainwater due to Nivar Cyclone”

FACTLY says: This video is on YouTube at least since 2017. Few verified YouTube channels and Tamil local news channels shared this video back in 2017 with the claim that the video shows flood-hit Marina beach. However, we could not …

“Videos showing the arrival and impact of cyclone Nivar.”

FACTLY says: While one video is a simulation video created using software, the other video is being shared on the internet at least since 2017. Both the videos are not related to Cyclone Nivar.

“mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”

“Nancy Mace denies climate change.”

PolitiFact says: Nancy Mace, the Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, does not rule out man-made impacts, but she does not embrace climate change.