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Billions have been wasted on UN’s climate change lies

Nypost · 🇮🇳 public India · · 661 words · By Jonathan Lesser
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The United Nations-backed International Panel on Climate Change is responsible for the “climate catastrophe” and “the world is burning” scenarios that environmentalists, academics and many politicians have promoted to force high-cost, coercive energy policies…

Claims checked 12
Techniques found 5
Topics 3

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What happened

The United Nations-backed International Panel on Climate Change is responsible for the “climate catastrophe” and “the world is burning” scenarios that environmentalists, academics and many politicians have promoted to force high-cost, coercive energy policies…

Why it matters

Yet last month, the IPCC quietly determined that those extreme scenarios are “implausible” — by which they mean impossible.

Common ground

The most notorious of them — Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5, or “RCP 8.5” — posited a hellish world of 12 billion people in the year 2100.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Straw Man: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/opinion/billions-have-been-wasted-on-uns-climate-c…

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
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Straw Man 75% confidence
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Causal Oversimplification 70% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban on fracking”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Atlantic, and others) confirm that Governor Andrew Cuomo implemented a ban on fracking in New York.
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York State legislature permanently bans fracking in New York, five years after Governor Cuomo first instituted a ban through executive action.
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/marisa-guerrero/new-york-state-codi…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York has had a de facto ban on fracking for over six years, predating Mr. Cuomo’s election. In 2012, he flirted with approving a limited program in several Southern Tier counties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/nyregion/cuomo-to-ban-fra…
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web search NEUTRAL — The battle over untapped natural gas in New York State appears to have reached its end. Following an extensive public health review of hydraulic fracturing, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a complete …
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/the-ala…
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Claim 2: “The projection assumed the world would be burning more coal than exists”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for unrelated companies (RealClearPolitics, RCP Advisors, RCP America) and does not address coal consumption in RCP 8.5.
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web search NEUTRAL — RealClearPolitics ... RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American conservative political news website and polling data aggregator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPolitics
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2026 · RCP Advisors is a leading private equity firm specializing in North American small buyouts, offering unique access, alignment, and performance since 2001.
https://www.rcpadvisors.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — From Instagram to TikTok and YouTube, step into the world of Real Cool People and see what RCP America is all about. We bring you closer to the action with behind-the-scenes warehouse moments, product…
https://www.rcpamerica.com/
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Claim 3: “Cuomo’s green push forced the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant, which provided one-quarter of New York City’s electricity”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, returning results for the country India and Indian Motorcycles rather than the Indian Point nuclear plant.
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web search NEUTRAL — India, officially the Republic of India, [j][20] is a country in South Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1901, Indian Motorcycle is an American brand of motorcycles manufactured in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Designed to embody Indian Motorcycles reputation for innovation, performance and style without…
https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/
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web search NEUTRAL — Cycle Trader has 7,718 listings to help you find the best deal on a Indian Motorcycles
https://www.cycletrader.com/Indian/motorcycles-for-sale?make…
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Claim 4: “the state’s disastrous 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.”
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A cross-reference from the NY Post confirms the passage of the bill (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act) in New York.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — in the years since that bill passed, the state’s dependence on fossil fuels has only increased
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/opinion/hochul-can-achieve-gre…
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Claim 5: “last month, the IPCC quietly determined that those extreme scenarios are “implausible””
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Multiple independent web search results report that the IPCC has described certain extreme warming scenarios as 'implausible'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Original article here The IPCC has published a new generation of climate scenarios - and buried in the fine print is a remarkable concession: the extreme warming pathways that dominated climate resear…
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2026/05/un-climate-panel-qu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Activist climate scientists, journalists and Net Zero-obsessed politicians are in shock following an official admission from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that a set of key assu…
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/05/ipcc-admits-apocalyptic-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Nations climate panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has finally admitted, after decades of scaremongering, that its climate doomsday scenarios are "implausible".
https://beaufortcountynow.com/post/96326/uns-ipcc-climate-pa…
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Claim 6: “New York’s annual contribution to carbon emissions is tiny, around 200 million metric tons in 2023”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “New York adopted California’s Advanced Clean Car II standards, which would have required more than 40% of the state’s new car sales in New York to be electric vehicles starting this fall, and 100% by 2035.”
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Web search results confirm the existence of the 'Advanced Clean Car II Rule' and the mandate that new cars sold in participating states be all-electric or plug-in hybrids by 2035.
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web search NEUTRAL — California government bureaucrats call it the “Advanced Clean Car II Rule,” last August’s update to the state’s prior edict mandating that all new cars sold here be all-electric or plug-in hybrids by …
https://centurycity-westwoodnews.com/column-new-cars-all-ele…
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web search NEUTRAL — States That Have Adopted California’s Vehicle Regulations Together with California, these jurisdictions account for roughly 40% of U.S. new car sales. If you buy a new car in one of these states, the …
https://legalclarity.org/zero-emission-vehicle-rules-mandate…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sales of electric cars started from a low base but are growing quickly in many markets. Globally, over 1-in-5 (22%) of new cars sold were electric in 2024. This share was 92% in Norway, and in China, …
https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales
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Claim 8: “the state’s membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which levies a tax on all fossil fuels based on their carbon content.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.
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Claim 9: “In New York City, the toll of RCP 8.5 includes Local Law 97, a high-cost mandate to remove gas- and oil-fired boilers in local apartment buildings, and install electric heat pumps in their place.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 10: “environmental groups like the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council collect hundreds of millions of dollars to institute bans on natural gas for heating and cooking.”
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Wikipedia confirms the existence of the Sierra Club and NRDC as environmental groups, but the provided evidence does not mention the specific collection of 'hundreds of millions of dollars' for bans on natural gas for heating and cooking.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Resources_Defense_Coun…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization with chapters in all 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded in 1892, in San Francisco, by preservationist John…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sierra Club Canada Foundation (SCCF) is a Canadian environmental organization made up of a national branch and five chapters in Ontario, Atlantic Canada, Québec, the Prairies, and a nation-wide Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club_Canada
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Claim 11: “Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5, or “RCP 8.5” — posited a hellish world of 12 billion people in the year 2100.”
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While Wikipedia confirms that RCPs are climate change scenarios, the provided evidence does not contain the specific population projection of 12 billion people by 2100 for RCP 8.5. The other search results are for unrelated entities named RCP.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) are climate change scenarios to project future greenhouse gas concentrations. These pathways (or trajectories) describe future greenhouse gas concentrations…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_Concentration_P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as the RCP, The Revcoms, or Revcom) is a revolutionary communist party in the United States. The RCP was founded in 1975. The RCP has its origins in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Physicians
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Claim 12: “An executive order from President Donald Trump put a stop to that horror.”
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The provided evidence confirms Donald Trump's identity and some general executive orders, but there is no evidence in the provided text that he signed an order specifically stopping the Advanced Clean Car II standards in New York.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Also on Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order targeting transgender medical care for under 19s. He has signed a number of orders since taking office, aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration a…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced961egp65o
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.