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Climate Change

Scorecard

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0% 33 Checks
mostly true
0% 54 Checks
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mostly false
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false
0% 158 Checks
Pants on Fire
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All Fact-checks for Climate Change

TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on May 3, 2025 a video on TikTok:
Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying effective June 1, “all vehicles manufactured before 2000 will be gradually phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emissions standards.”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 6, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 an address to a joint session of Congress:
The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Stacey Abrams stole $2 BILLION from taxpayers.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 26, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 una publicación en Instagram:
Imágenes en este video son del "Huracan helen en la Florida".
False
By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 una audiencia en la Cámara de Representantes:
“El Proyecto 2025 quiere deshacerse de la NOAA” y del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus • September 27, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 a House hearing:
“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 1, 2024 una publicación en Threads:
"Huracán Beryl pasado por la isla Canarias todo quedo bajo Agua y Horacio por todo la isla afectada ".
False
By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 11, 2024 una publicación en Instagram:
Este video de un carro lleno de agua muestra a "Miami inundado".
False
By Maria Briceño • June 20, 2024
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on May 9, 2024 an Instagram post:
Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • May 16, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2024 a post:
"The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions."
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 3, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2024 an Instagram post:
Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 22, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 6, 2024 an Instagram post:
Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 12, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on January 31, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News:
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2023 an Instagram reel:
Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • January 4, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2023 a Facebook post:
Video shows “heavy snow and ice has frozen jets in Munich bound for Dubai's global warming conference.”
False
By Sara Swann • December 8, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 remarks at the White House:
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2023 An interview on CNBC:
“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”
True
By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 6, 2023 an Instagram post:
"Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • November 9, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2023 a Facebook post:
1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”
False
By Sara Swann • November 3, 2023
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Latest promises about Climate Change

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Eliminate federal goals for electric cars
Trump targets Biden’s electric vehicle sales goals | January 22, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Leave the Paris climate accord (again)
Trump signs order to leave Paris climate agreement | January 22, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Give disadvantaged communities 40% of spending benefits related to clean energy
Independent assessments show mixed results from environmental justice push | December 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Put US on a course to net-zero emissions by 2050.
Historic climate investments put US on track toward net-zero emissions | August 12, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Block new fracking on federal lands, but not ban all fracking
Joe Biden breaks promise to ban new fracking on federal lands | April 22, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Rejoin the Paris climate agreement
U.S. formally rejoins Paris Climate Agreement | May 21, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Cancel global warming payments to the United Nations
UN climate spending is less than under Obama, but still significant | July 15, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Support improved weather prediction program
Key observatory was launched in 2014 and is operating smoothly | December 21, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Work with UN on climate change
Paris agreement signed and ratified | December 1, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Improve climate change data records
Stimulus bill funded grants for climate-change data | March 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Create cap and trade system with interim goals to reduce global warming
Obama abandons cap and trade as Republicans take over the House | November 8, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
Stimulus funding advances climate change research, monitoring | December 8, 2009
Latest promises about Climate Change