When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it | Temperature Check

<p>The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/11/australia-news-live-labor-coalition-one-nation-anthony-albanese-pauline-hanson-capital-gains-housing-peptides-arthritis-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>In a world where people accept global heating is bad, news that we had avoided a boiling-in-our-own-juices version of the planet’s future might have been welcomed.</p><p>Instead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260519-lost-in-trump-s-climate-boast-best-case-scenario-abandoned#:~:text=WRONG!%20WRONG!%20WRONG!">according to Donald Trump</a> – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/11/climate-crisis-science-emissions-good-news-corp-misrepresentation">Continue reading...</a>

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