On Special Report, Bret Baier promoted unnamed studies "showing"
that "the Earth is actually cooling." However, climate experts
reject the idea that relatively cooler global temperatures
during the past 10 years are any indication that global warming
is slowing or does not exist. On the May 8 edition of Fox News'
Special Report, host Bret Baier claimed that "with a number of
studies now showing there has been no global warming over at
least the last 10 years, and that the Earth is actually cooling
now, environmentalists are looking to rebrand their message."
Baier then cited a New York Times article that reported that
environmental group ecoAmerica is trying to "find new ways to
frame environmental issues and so build public support for
climate change legislation and other initiatives" but did not
assert or in any way suggest that such efforts were in response
to "global cooling" studies. Indeed, Baier did not cite any
specific studies showing that the Earth is "cooling," and
climate experts reject the idea t