Climate Change Scorecard true 0% 33 Checks mostly-true 0% 54 Checks Half True 0% 51 Checks mostly-false 0% 59 Checks false 0% 158 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 36 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Climate Change TikTok posts stated on May 3, 2025 in 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.” May 6, 2025 Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in 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.” March 5, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Stacey Abrams stole $2 BILLION from taxpayers.” By Caleb McCullough • February 26, 2025 Instagram posts stated on September 29, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: Imágenes en este video son del "Huracan helen en la Florida". By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024 Jared Moskowitz stated on September 19, 2024 in una audiencia en la Cámara de Representantes: “El Proyecto 2025 quiere deshacerse de la NOAA” y del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología. By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • September 27, 2024 Jared Moskowitz stated on September 19, 2024 in a House hearing: “Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service. By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2024 Byron Donalds stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal. By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads: "Huracán Beryl pasado por la isla Canarias todo quedo bajo Agua y Horacio por todo la isla afectada ". By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2024 Instagram posts stated on June 11, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: Este video de un carro lleno de agua muestra a "Miami inundado". By Maria Briceño • June 20, 2024 Tucker Carlson stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs. May 16, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a post: "The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 3, 2024 Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post: Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms. February 22, 2024 Instagram posts stated on February 6, 2024 in an Instagram post: Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season. February 12, 2024 Jesse Watters stated on January 31, 2024 in 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. February 8, 2024 Instagram posts stated on December 17, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change. 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Is it a viable climate solution? • June 12, 2023 How climate change is making wildfires worse By Sara Swann • June 9, 2023 Latest promises about Climate Change Donald Trump Leave the Paris climate accord (again) Trump signs order to leave Paris climate agreement | January 22, 2025 Donald Trump Eliminate federal goals for electric cars Trump targets Biden’s electric vehicle sales goals | January 22, 2025 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 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 Rejoin the Paris climate agreement U.S. formally rejoins Paris Climate Agreement | May 21, 2021 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 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 Give Al Gore a key role on global warming Gore involved, but not officially | December 1, 2009 Barack Obama Work with UN on climate change Paris agreement signed and ratified | December 1, 2016 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 Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system Stimulus funding advances climate change research, monitoring | December 8, 2009 Barack Obama Improve climate change data records Stimulus bill funded grants for climate-change data | March 13, 2012 Latest promises about Climate Change
Donald Trump Leave the Paris climate accord (again) Trump signs order to leave Paris climate agreement | January 22, 2025
Donald Trump Eliminate federal goals for electric cars Trump targets Biden’s electric vehicle sales goals | January 22, 2025
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 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 Rejoin the Paris climate agreement U.S. formally rejoins Paris Climate Agreement | May 21, 2021
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
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 Give Al Gore a key role on global warming Gore involved, but not officially | December 1, 2009
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 Work toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system Stimulus funding advances climate change research, monitoring | December 8, 2009
Barack Obama Improve climate change data records Stimulus bill funded grants for climate-change data | March 13, 2012
