Exposing the Fatal Consequences of Climate Alarmism’s Fossil Fuel Narrative in Europe’s Heat Wave

Recent headlines have touted a new study claiming that burning fossil fuels caused some 1,500 deaths during last week’s European heat wave. But before we rush to accept these alarmist conclusions, it is essential to examine the methodology and underlying assumptions with a skeptical eye. The study, produced rapidly by British institutions including Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, attempts to link human-caused climate change directly to mortality figures from heat across multiple European cities. They claim that these deaths would not have occurred without “our burning of oil, coal and gas.” However, several...