The environment
Fact checks about the environment, climate change, renewable energy and animal welfare
How many birds are chickens?
Around 4-12% of birds are poultry, but if you looked at mass rather than the number of birds, poultry would account for 70%.
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There’s not enough evidence to say the net zero emissions target will be missed by 49 years
Labour’s claim that net zero emissions won’t be reached until 2099 cannot be proved.
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Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context
Mr Johnson did not say that climate change in general is a primitive fear without foundation, but has expressed views sceptical of the scale of the human impact on the …
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Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth
While comparing economic growth to carbon emissions, Mr Johnson claimed the economy has grown 73% under this government. It has grown by around 20%.
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Did the Lib Dems quadruple renewable energy?
Renewable energy generation expanded considerably under the Coalition, but some of that was because of projects commissioned under the previous Labour government.
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Corbyn incorrectly says UK has worst recycling in the EU
The UK has a fairly average recycling rate for the EU.
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SNP manifesto 2019: fact checked
This page will feature all our fact checks on the SNP manifesto for the 2019 general election.
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We don’t know if there’s a north/south divide in flood defence spending because the data was taken offline
Figures from the Environment Agency that could have helped shed light seem to have been taken offline.
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Does badger culling work?
Research suggests that badger culling has a limited impact on the spread of bovine TB. We have seen some small reductions in bovine TB cases in recent years.
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How energy intensive is a Google search?
It’s really hard to say exactly how energy intensive a Google search is, but a recent Sunday Times article overestimated the figure.
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