- May 21, 2013
Forecast The Facts Responds To Oklahoma Tornado DevastationForecast the Facts members contribute to relief efforts for the survivors of the terrible climate disaster read more >
- May 21, 2013
WNET Admits It Gave Unprecedented "Courtesy" to Protect David H. Koch Amid Push by Koch Bros to Purchase Tribune, Forecast the Facts RespondsIn response to Jane Mayer’s piece in the New Yorker, “Now A Word From Our Sponsor,” which reveals how WNET management made editorial decisions in order to protect trustee David H. Koch from public criticism until he left the board earlier this month, Forecast the Facts is escalating it's call for the Tribune to reject offers for sale to the Koch brothers. read more >
- May 10, 2013
400 PPM: Forecast the Facts RespondsMay 9, 2013, is a historic day in the worst possible sense of the word. read more >
- May 06, 2013
Ignoring Public, New Mexico State Chooses Climate Denier As PresidentHundreds of New Mexico residents call on the New Mexico State University’s Board of Regents to not hire climate change denier Garrey Carruthers to be NMSU’s President read more >
- April 30, 2013
A Small Victory For Sandy Survivors, Six Months Since the Storm Struck"Forecast the Facts applauds the order to prevent hundreds of New York's survivors of Superstorm Sandy from being kicked out on the street," said Brad Johnson, campaign manager of Forecast the Facts. read more >
- April 03, 2013
Concerned Utahns Boldly Interrupt Rep. Chris Stewart’s Town Hall In Response To His Climate Denial CommentsHand-Delivering Over 17,000 Petition Signatures from Forecast the Facts Members Demanding Rep. Stewart Stop Denying Scientific Fact and Develop Policies to Secure Utah and the Country Against the Threat of Climate Change read more >
- April 02, 2013
UT Teachers, Students, and Concerned Constituents Demand Rep. Chris Stewart Promote Climate Solutions, Not Climate DenialOver 17,000 Forecast the Facts Members Demand Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, Rep. Stewart, Stop Denying Scientific Fact and Develop Policies to Secure Utah and the Country Against the Threat of Climate Change read more >
- March 14, 2013
AZ Parents, Teachers, Students Demand Sen. Burges Stop Introducing Anti-Science Education Bills2,673 Concerned Arizonans, Forecast the Facts, and 350.org Demand Sen. Burges Stop Legislating Climate Denialism in Schools read more >
- February 25, 2013
Forecast the Facts Applauds the Arizona State Senate for Protecting Climate Science In ClassroomsEducation Committee Refuses To Consider Climate-Denial Bill SB 1213 read more >
- February 08, 2013
Sandy Survivors to Meet with WH Officials, Urge Obama to Lead on ClimateA day before President Obama’s State of the Union Address, survivors of Superstorm Sandy and climate activists will gather at the White House to deliver 280,000 signatures urging President Obama to lay out a plan to tackle climate change. read more >
- January 21, 2013
Forecast the Facts Responds To Obama's Second Inaugural Address"No-one wished upon this nation the offense of climate change, but from Staten Island’s stormy shores to the parched fields of Kansas..." read more >
- January 15, 2013
Forecast the Facts Applauds Belated House Passage Of Support For Sandy SurvivorsClose Vote Shows Climate Polluter Stranglehold Over GOP read more >
- January 15, 2013
Thousands of Citizens Support Sandy SurvivorsChallenging David Koch's Influence On Congress, Forecast The Facts Demands Passage Of Disaster Relief read more >
- January 02, 2013
Forecast the Facts: Inaction on Climate Cliff, Sandy Relief is GallingThousands of Forecast the Facts members have called on Congress via the online petition site ClimateCliff.org to take action on the looming climate cliff, instead of dithering over the manufactured “fiscal cliff.” read more >
- December 19, 2012
Heeding Public Outrage, Pfizer Drops Climate Denial Group After Years Of SupportThe pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) has confirmed that it will no longer support the Heartland Institute, a political advocacy group that questions the science of climate change and tobacco smoking. read more >
- December 14, 2012
ClimateCliff.org Launches to Demand Congress Address Climate, Not Just “Fiscal Cliff”Forecast the Facts, the climate accountability group behind ClimateSilence.org, announced the launch of ClimateCliff.org today, an interactive site that contrasts the very real “climate cliff” with the manufactured “fiscal cliff.” read more >
- November 14, 2012
Forecast the Facts Says Fiscal Cliff is Manufactured, Climate Cliff is Real ThreatPresident Obama is right that “natural” disasters such as Superstorm Sandy are now influenced by human activities, namely the burning of fossil fuels. read more >
- November 06, 2012
Statement on President Obama's Re-ElectionWe congratulate Barack Obama on his re-election to the highest office of the land. The American people have rejected the candidate who mocked the threat of climate change on behalf of the carbon industry. read more >
- November 06, 2012
Climate Change Votes in 2012 ElectionExit polls by CBS News reveal that the fossil-fueled Superstorm Sandy, and President Obama’s response, was a crucial factor for two in five voters nationwide. read more >
- November 05, 2012
Forecast The Facts Expands Romney Climate Accountability Ad BuyForecast the Facts is increasing the ad buy for its Romney vs. Sandy spot, which contrasts Mitt Romney’s mockery of climate change at the Republican National Convention with the destructive power of Superstorm Sandy. On the strength of more than 500 small-dollar contributions, the ad will now appear tonight and tomorrow morning on broadcast news on the three major networks (WBNS, WSYX, WCMH) in Columbus, Ohio. The ad is already running on cable in Ohio (Columbus area) and Virginia (Loudon, Franklin, Prince William Counties). read more >
- November 03, 2012
Climate Activists Give Thousands to Crowd-Fund 'Romney vs. Sandy' AdClimate activists contribute thousands to crowd-fund “Romney vs. Sandy” ad, which reminds voters that Mitt Romney made climate change a punchline during his convention speech read more >
- November 01, 2012
New TV Ad Slams Romney After Sandy for Jokes About Climate ChangeClimateSilence.org campaign releases political ad reminding voters that Mitt Romney made climate change a punchline during his convention speech In the wake of devastating Hurricane Sandy, fueled by climate change, Governor Romney’s belittling attempt at humor during the Republican National Convention seems anything but funny. read more >
- October 26, 2012
Challenged By MTV On His Climate Silence, Obama Says It's A 'Critical Issue' And Is 'Surprised It Didn't Come Up'"We’re not moving as fast as we need to," said President Barack Obama. "And this is an issue that future generations, MTV viewers, are going to have to be dealing with even more than the older generation. So this is a critical issue. And there is a huge contrast in this campaign between myself and Governor Romney. I am surprised it didn't come up in one of the debates." read more >
- October 26, 2012
Statement on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Silence“If the candidates won’t listen to the voters demanding they break their climate silence, maybe they will listen to Mother Nature’s October Surprise." read more >
- October 22, 2012
Statement on Climate Silence at the Presidential Debate"For the first time since 1984, the presidential and vice presidential debates have ignored the threat of climate change. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Mitt Romney, and Representative Paul Ryan have failed to debate the greatest challenge of our time. Climate change threatens us all: the candidates' silence threatens to seal our fate." read more >
- October 11, 2012
Forecast the Facts Calls on Obama Campaign to Pull Down Cynical Pro-Coal AdMembers of Forecast the Facts, which recently launched the web site ClimateSilence.org in conjunction with Friends of the Earth Action, are calling on the Obama campaign to pull down a cynical pro-coal ad airing in Virginia and Ohio. The ad, called “Not One Of Us,” argues Romney is no friend to coal country, and features a clip from 2003 in which Romney points to a coal plant in Massachusetts’ Salem Harbor and says: “I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people. And that plant, that plant kills people.” read more >
- October 04, 2012
Resounding Climate Silence At First Presidential Debate"There was more talk of firing Big Bird at the first presidential debate than addressing climate change," said Brad Johnson, campaign manager of Forecast the Facts. "Moderator Jim Lehrer slept on the job while Mitt Romney and Barack Obama remained mute on the threat of global warming, disregarding the groundswell of American voters demanding that they break their silence." read more >
- September 27, 2012
Voters to Obama and Romney: End the Climate SilenceClimateSilence.org, a project of Forecast the Facts and Friends of the Earth Action, urges voters to sign a petition to Obama and Romney “to explain how you will address the growing climate crisis if elected to the nation’s highest office.” The petition website is part an ambitious campaign to protest “climate silence” across Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms, as well as at the debates and other events leading up to Election Day. read more >
- September 24, 2012
Forecast the Facts Applauds PBS Ombudsman for Pointed Criticisms of NewsHour Climate Change SegmentMore than 17,000 members of Forecast the Facts, a group that promotes accurate information about climate change, immediately called on the PBS Ombudsman to investigate the segment. On Friday, Ombudsman Michael Getler released a sharply critical assessment, saying that NewsHour had “stumbled badly” and that the segment fell short of PBS’ standards. The Ombudsman's report can be found here. read more >
- September 18, 2012
Group Demands PBS Investigate Climate Change Segment for ViolationsLast night, PBS NewsHour aired an egregious report on climate change, allowing Heartland Institute "expert" Anthony Watts to spout inaccuracies, half-truths, and conspiracy theories without challenge. The supposed "balance" was provided by Berkeley physicist Richard Muller, who only recently acknowledged that climate change is even happening. read more >
- August 16, 2012
Statement from Forecast the Facts on the Heartland Institute's Petition To 'Rein In' EPA Carbon RulesOver 150,000 Americans have called on corporations to end their support for the Heartland Institute, a corporate-funded political advocacy group that compared people who accept climate science to the Unabomber. On Wednesday, Heartland president Joe Bast announced the launch of a petition claiming global warming is a "hoax" and demanding "deep cuts in the size, power, and cost of the EPA.” read more >
- July 26, 2012
Farming, Food, and Climate Activists Call On Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Discuss Links Between Drought and Climate Change10,000 members of Forecast the Facts and FoodDemocracyNow! Join 500 farmers Demanding Sec. Vilsack Admit Climate Change is Affecting Agriculture read more >
- July 12, 2012
Over 2,000 Health Professionals Call on Pfizer to Stop Funding the Heartland InstituteDoctors, nurses, and other members of the public health community challenge Pfizer to repudiate Heartland for its denial of climate and tobacco science. read more >
- July 03, 2012
North Carolina House Rejects Climate ScienceIn a 68-46 vote today, the North Carolina House passed legislation that rejects the threat of global warming to their state. read more >
- June 25, 2012
Coastal North Carolinians Deliver Over 3,000 Petitions to Sea Level Rise Bill SponsorA contingent of coastal North Carolinians will gather this Tuesday to deliver more than 3,000 petition signatures calling on legislators to reject legislation that ignores the best available science in planning for sea level rise. read more >
- June 15, 2012
Following Public Pressure, Amgen Drops Heartland InstituteThe major biotechnology corporation Amgen (AMGN) has confirmed that it will no longer support the Heartland Institute, a political advocacy group that questions the science of climate change and tobacco smoking. read more >
- May 21, 2012
Climate Activists Plan Coordinated Actions to Highlight Corporate Support of Heartlands Institute's Anti-Science ConferenceBicycle-powered billboards naming Heartland's corporate sponsors to mock Unabomber ads. Rally on Tuesday at 11am outside Chicago Hilton. read more >
- May 17, 2012
Clear Channel Rejects Billboard Highlighting Heartland Institute’s Corporate Funders: “You can’t criticize a corporation.”Billboard intended to highlight Pfizer’s and other corporations’ funding of the Heartland Institute and would have been installed in the same location where Heartland put up an ad featuring the Unabomber. read more >
- May 14, 2012
Eli Lilly, BB&T, and Pepsi Confirm They Will No Longer Fund the Heartland Institute, Bringing the Total Number of Defections to ElevenForecast the Facts, Sierra Club, 350.org, SumOfUs, the League of Conservation Voters, and Greenpeace have now mobilized more than 150,000 citizens to call on corporations to pull their support for Heartland following extreme "Unabomber" billboards, read more >
- May 10, 2012
Forecast the Facts Campaign Shifts Focus to Pfizer and Entire Health Care IndustryPfizer claims to “recognize the risks posed by global climate change;” Heartland calls those who believe in climate change “the radical fringe of society.” read more >
- May 09, 2012
Forecast the Facts Applauds USAA for Pulling Their Support from Heartland Institute“Since the U.S. military has recognized climate change as a key national security threat, it's fitting that USAA has pulled their support for an organization that uses Obama bin Laden as the poster child for belief in global warming,” said Forecast the Facts Campaign Manager Brad Johnson. read more >
- May 07, 2012
Forecast the Facts Applauds State Farm and Other Insurers for Pulling Their Support from Heartland InstituteForecast the Facts, an organization dedicated to ensuring that Americans are accurately informed about climate change, applauds State Farm’s decision to immediately pull its support for the Heartland Institute. read more >
- April 30, 2012
Forecast The Facts Delivers Petition To Discovery Headquarters Urging Accurate and Complete Climate CoverageAt 12:30 pm on Tuesday, May 1, Forecast the Facts will deliver a petition signed by over 10,000 concerned citizens to the headquarters of Discovery Communications... read more >
- April 24, 2012
New Campaign Demands Discovery Channel Stop Self-Censorship on Climate ChangeForecast The Facts Petition Urges Discovery to Ensure Accurate and Complete Climate Coverage read more >
- March 30, 2012
GM Officially Pulls Its Support From The Heartland InstituteForecastTheFacts.org Applauds GM on Behalf of the 20,000 People who Have Been Demanding Action read more >
- March 08, 2012
GM CEO Responds to Demands to Cut Funding to Heartland InstituteYesterday, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson directly responded to the campaign asking GM to pull their funding from the climate change-denying Heartland Institute. read more >
- March 05, 2012
More than 10,000 GM Owners Demand the Company Pull Its Support from the Heartland InstituteMore than 10,000 current and former owners of General Motors vehicles are calling on the company to pull its financial support from the Heartland Institute... read more >
- January 23, 2012
American Meteorological Society Delays Vote on Climate Change StatementMembers of drafting committee have reportedly threatened to resign; Forecast the Facts campaign calls on the AMS Council to offer a full explanation read more >
- January 20, 2012
Campaign Urges American Meteorological Society to Get Tougher on Climate ChangeIn the wake of record-breaking extreme weather in 2011, campaign says it’s essential that T.V. meteorologists “Forecast The Facts“ read more >
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Forecast the Facts is dedicated to ensuring that Americans hear the truth about climate change: that temperatures are increasing, human activity is largely responsible, and that our world is already experiencing the effects. We do this by empowering everyday people to speak out in the face of misinformation and hold accountable those who mislead the public.
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