Sanity Check
Welcome to Sanity Check (formerly Created to Reign), a production of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. On this podcast, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Dr. David Legates, and experts in science, economics, theology, ethics, and public policy strive to think Biblically about creation care, global warming, and the world’s poor.
Sanity Check
How to Manufacture a Climate Crisis
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In this episode of Sanity Check, David Legates examines a Guardian article claiming that U.S. immigration enforcement flights carry a "huge climate cost." Looking beyond the headline, he compares the reported emissions with total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, aviation emissions, and other major sources to ask whether the article's conclusions are supported by meaningful context. Along the way, he discusses media framing, statistical significance, selective comparisons, and how climate narratives are increasingly woven into debates over public policy. The episode argues that informed discussion requires proportion, historical perspective, and careful interpretation of the numbers—not simply dramatic headlines.
https://www.theGuardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/us-immigration-flights-emissions
https://www.statista.com/statistics/183943/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-1999/
https://cis.org/Report/Immigration-United-States-and-WorldWide-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions
https://clivebest.com/blog/?p=11131
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