2014’s Most Skewed, Misleading, and Wrong Pieces of Climate and Environment Coverage

This year was a big one for environment and climate news.  America moved to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants for the first time.  China entered into a historic climate deal with the U.S., and 100 governments signed off on the most comprehensive report on climate science yet. Politicians bickered over the Keystone XL pipeline, the “war on coal,” and whether climate change even exists.  There was drought, wildfires, and devastating pollution.

With so much news, it’s inevitable that some of the coverage would be skewed, misleading, or flat-out wrong.  Indeed, some news networks ignored some of the year’s most important climate and environment news entirely, while others gave disproportionate air time to talking heads who reject the basic scientific consensus on climate change.

Here are ten times the media messed up covering the environment and the climate this year, in no particular order.

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