Fact checks, commentary and analysis about the environment, climate change, renewable energy and animal welfare
Environment
A viral video uses AI to falsely claim Bill Gates said one billion people will die by 2027 due to water shortages. Read
Environment
A viral video uses AI to make it look like Elon Musk recently said over a billion people could die by 2030 due to water shortages. Read
World
Dramatic helicopter footage above a glacier has been shared online with false claims it shows the glacier that caused last month’s flood in Nepal. Read
Environment
Reform UK party chair Lee Anderson claimed there are “thousands of square miles” of solar panels on farmland in the UK. This is a huge overstatement. Read
Environment
A viral video uses AI to falsely show Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming humans have one year of water left. Read
Environment
We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage. Read
Environment
Water UK estimates that data centres’ average peak demand could rise to 42 million litres of water per day in 2030, but average daily demand is expected to be about half that. Read
World
An AI-generated video has been shared online with claims it shows the recent flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. Read
Environment
Real footage of Mr Gates has been altered to put different words into his mouth. Read
World
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) cannot control the weather and had nothing to do with the massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. Read
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