Media Say, ‘Climate Change’ Caused the Deadly Lake Tahoe Avalanche. They’re Wrong.

Declaring each avalanche is evidence of “climate collapse,” despite avalanches being common or at least not unusual, throughout history, even when temperatures were cooler and atmospheric greenhouse gas levels were lower, is not serious climate journalism. It is agenda-driven storytelling dressed up as science. The media are doing what the media all too often do, creating scary and engaging headlines that have no basis in fact. Perhaps this is why polls show trust in the media has fallen to new lows in recent months.