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Fact-Checking the Ontario Government’s Misleading Hwy 413 Claims

Enviromental Defense

We thought it would be helpful for Ontarians if we did a bit of fact checking to help you get a clearer picture of Highway 413. In fact, polling shows that only about 29% of GTA residents want to see Hwy 413 built. Thousands of Ontarians have written to their MPPs and MPs opposing Hwy 413.

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Fact-checking Bolsonaro's environmental claims at the UN

Inhabitant

Science news service Newswise did some fact-checking to get to the bottom of Bolsonaro’s claims. General Assembly last week, he confused onlookers by boasting about his environmental record. Haven’t we been hearing about how the Amazon rainforest is collapsing on his watch?

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Fact checking Ontario’s Environment Minister

Enviromental Defense

The post Fact checking Ontario’s Environment Minister appeared first on Environmental Defence. And while this could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, burning garbage has adverse air quality impacts that can cause health issues for people nearby and downwind.

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Fact checking a fundraising email about Highway 413 sent to PC party supporters

Enviromental Defense

We thought it would be helpful for Ontarians if we did a bit of fact checking on its contents. Our fact checking is in regular text. The post Fact checking a fundraising email about Highway 413 sent to PC party supporters appeared first on Environmental Defence. Note: The text of the email is in italics.

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By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can inform modern research

Environmental News Bits

Their rich glow now … Continue reading By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can inform modern research. Primack, Boston University Henry David Thoreau, the environmental philosopher and author of Walden, was a keen observer of seasonal change.

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Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better

Environmental News Bits

They clash not only over differing opinions on COVID-19 risk or abortion, but basic facts like election counts and whether vaccines work. by Taylor Dotson, New Mexico Tech Entering the new year, Americans are increasingly divided. It is common to… Read more →

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For Online Disinformation and Hate, X Marks the Spot

Union of Concerned Scientists

On the contrary, he has blamed and threatened the nonprofit organizations who’ve pointed out the problem, the fact that it’s largely self-inflicted, and the degree to which it has contributed to an approximately 60% drop in advertising revenue. Already, Musk has sued CCDH and threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League. And if they won’t?