Report Examines Pets
It’s official: the climate narrative has jumped the shark. Again.
Word is, CBS News — under the new editorial leadership of Bari Weiss — may be preparing to shift gears on climate change coverage, possibly introducing something radical in legacy media circles: balance. And not the "we spoke to both Greta Thunberg and Al Gore" kind of balance. No — the kind that includes people who dare question whether climate change is the crisis it’s been sold as. You know, the kind of voices who’ve been locked out of the conversation for two decades.
Climate change at CBS News:
CBS News fired its entire "Climate Unit" after producer sent climate attribution explainers from political advocacy group Climate Central to entire company during Melissa coverage.
CBS News coverage of climate change was described as "hard left" pic.twitter.com/VUATHQUpS2
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) November 4, 2025
And if that’s what “gutting the climate desk” means, CBS should lean in.
Meanwhile, over at ABC News, it’s still full steam ahead on the climate catastrophe carousel. Their latest contribution to public discourse? Investigating which pets have the biggest “climate pawprint.” That’s right — forget China’s coal plants. The real threat is your Labrador. Perhaps Fluffy should consider going vegan and trading the tennis ball for a wind turbine.
Under new management, CBS News immediately ditched its biased climate coverage instead favoring a balanced approach practiced at Free Press.
From Emily at Heated (great blog) https://t.co/PQJCNgfd1e
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) November 4, 2025
But it doesn’t stop there.
ABC’s climate panic coverage also brings us the breaking news that marathon runners are among the latest victims of “human-amplified climate change.” According to a new report by Climate Central — the same activist-friendly outfit CBS used to rely on — rising temperatures could make “ideal marathon conditions” increasingly rare by 2045.
Yes, you read that correctly. The same doomsayers who once warned that Lower Manhattan would be underwater by now are pivoting to... marathon times. Apparently, climate change won’t just melt the polar ice caps — it might delay someone’s personal best at the Boston Marathon.
Quote:
Tracy Wholf had suggested including a simple sentence in reports to link the storm with the crisis: “The above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures, made worse by climate change, helped Melissa rapidly intensify into a category 5 storm.”https://t.co/dgZIcIyt8P pic.twitter.com/FvpPyUBqiT
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) November 4, 2025
The Climate Central report, cited breathlessly by ABC, claims that 86% of 221 global marathons will be less likely to have ideal racing conditions by 2045. This year’s Tokyo and Berlin races, they warn, were already “hit by heat waves” supposedly made two to three times more likely due to climate change. You’d think the fate of the planet hinged on split times.
This isn’t science — it’s narrative management. When apocalyptic predictions fail to materialize (remember the "ice-free Arctic by 2013" forecasts?), climate alarmists simply find new terrain: your pets, your vacations, your weekend jogs.
Pets have a pretty sizable climate impact. But not all carbon...pawprints...are created equal. So if you’re looking to get a pet, which ones emit the least? And if you’ve already got one, how do you make sure it has the smallest foot (or paw) print? There are some options. pic.twitter.com/T7jliUMF0d
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 4, 2025
Why?
Because outfits like Climate Central need to justify their existence. No fresh crisis, no fresh funding. So they crank out a steady drip of climate horror stories, no matter how trivial, implausible, or downright comedic. Pets. Marathons. Asthma spikes. Shrinking avocados. Anything to keep the fear alive.