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ClimateRealism
U.S. right (climate-change-skeptic, free-market advocacy)
ClimateRealism is a website of the Heartland Institute, a conservative, free-market think tank that disputes mainstream climate science and opposes climate regulation. Its content is advocacy and commentary rather than neutral news reporting. In 2026 it has strongly backed the Trump administration's rollbacks of climate rules, including the repeal of the CO2 endangerment finding.
Owned byRun by The Heartland Institute, a Chicago-area nonprofit think tank. The site is part of Heartland's Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy output. It is not an independent news company.
LeaningU.S. right (climate-change-skeptic, free-market advocacy)
On the administrationbroadly supportive
8average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun