Fox blames climate policy for Europe’s climate-exacerbated heat deaths

Media Matters: Fox features Morano to blame climate policy for Europe’s climate-exacerbated heat deaths

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-blames-climate-policy-europes-climate-exacerbated-heat-deaths “Applied that same framing to U.S. heat coverage to make fossil fuels look like the answer to deadly heat” On Jesse Watters Primetime, longtime climate contrarian Marc Morano recast New York City’s heat wave and air conditioning guidance as “climate communism.” After guest host Charlie Hurt mocked New York City’s 78-degree air conditioning gui…

Fox blames climate policy for Europe’s climate-exacerbated heat deaths

As Europe reeled from a deadly heat wave, coverage on Fox News and Fox Business made air conditioning the story, claiming that climate policy had made it harder and more expensive for Europeans to survive the heat. However, extreme heat is becoming more dangerous because of fossil fuel-driven warming, which makes climate policy more necessary. Fox networks instead used Europe’s deaths to argue against climate action, doubling down on the fossil …