ENVIRONMENT

NYC not tracking individual food purchases under climate plan

Published on 01/06/2023 at 21:53

Social media posts and articles claim New York City will soon begin to track household food purchases and limit meat served in public facilities as part of its initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is misleading; a survey will collect anonymized, aggregated data -- and a plan dating to 2022 reduces beef servings only at municipal institutions.

Debunked CO2, climate claim resurfaces online

Published on 31/05/2023 at 21:57

Lung X-ray image doctored to add cockroach in hoax posts about 'medical blunder'

Updated on 25/05/2023 at 04:07

Old clip shows intoxicated elephant in Ivory Coast, not Nigeria

Published on 16/05/2023 at 12:34

Nova Scotia town plagued by 15-minute city misinformation

Published on 12/05/2023 at 21:21

24,000 heatwave fatalities in India span decades, not in 2023

Published on 12/05/2023 at 11:07

Posts misconstrue draft US hunting, fishing regulations

Published on 11/05/2023 at 21:24

Egg destruction footage filmed in Argentina, not United States

Published on 08/05/2023 at 17:54

Video misleads on solar, wind energy backup costs

Published on 04/05/2023 at 20:55

Clip shows India worker destroying solar panels over unpaid wages, not a curse

Updated on 01/05/2023 at 22:40

US congressman misleads on CO2's climate impact

Published on 27/04/2023 at 22:08

Old video of lion spotted in Libya falsely shared as filmed in Sudan

Published on 27/04/2023 at 16:01

Claims that bitcoin mining has 'zero carbon emissions' are false

Published on 26/04/2023 at 16:16

Deworming drug misleadingly touted as cancer cure

Published on 25/04/2023 at 22:31

New York City meat ban claims are false

Published on 25/04/2023 at 20:13