Claim: Sen. James Inhofe misleadingly claimed that the statistics behind the globe's likely hottest years on record -- 2014, 2015 and 2016 -- were "meaningless" because the temperature increases were "well within the margin of error." Taking into account the margins of error, there's still a long-term warming trend.
Fact-check: Cold Facts on the Globe's Hottest Years - FactCheck.org
Verdict: sen. james inhofe misleadingly claimed that the statistics behind the globe's likely hottest years on record -- 2014, 2015 and 2016 -- were "meaningless" because the temperature increases were "well within the margin of error." taking into account the margins of error, there's still a long-term warming trend.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Vanessa Schipani
Date published: 2018-01-11T14:31:41