"Severe weather has gripped the globe this week, with record-shattering, deadly heat in Western Europe. In the US, heat, wind and drought conditions fueled wildfires in the Southwest, while heavy thunderstorms, wind and floods caused destruction in eastern and central states.
Scientists attribute these extremes to fossil fuel–driven climate change. Europe’s heatwave would have been “virtually impossible to occur at this time of year” 50 years ago, scientists from the World Weather Attribution group reported. The project’s Theodore Keeping of Imperial College London told reporters (EuroNews, 6/26/26): ....
Yet on the evening of Tuesday, June 23, despite leading their shows with severe weather headlines, nightly news shows on NBC, ABC and CBS failed to mention climate even in passing."
Olivia Riggio reports for FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) June 26, 2026.
SEE ALSO:
"And So "Climate" Returns" (The Crucial Years (Bill McKibben substack))
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/and-so-climate-returns
"A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority" (Covering Climate Now)
https://coveringclimatenow.org/projects/a-burning-house-a-quiet-media-a-...
"Global News Coverage of Climate Change Falls for Fourth Straight Year" (Yale Environment 360)
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-news-coverage
"A Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming in 2025" (Media and Climate Change Observatory)
https://mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/special_issue_2025.html#top
