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Scorecard

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0% 78 Checks
mostly true
0% 114 Checks
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0% 146 Checks
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0% 136 Checks
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0% 183 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Energy

Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post:
“If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%."
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • June 12, 2026
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 20, 2026 in an X post:
“The reason (people in Cuba) are forced to survive 22 hours a day without electricity is not due to an oil ‘blockade’ by the US.”
Half-True
By Maria Briceño, Samantha Putterman • May 22, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2026
Liz Krueger
Liz Krueger
stated on March 5, 2026 in an op-ed:
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi • May 7, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2026 in a social media post:
“California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
“We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026
Chris Wright
Chris Wright
stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2026
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Chris Wright
Chris Wright
stated on March 12, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:
The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2026
Tom O'Mara
Tom O'Mara
stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed:
“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
Mostly True
By Brooke Johnpier • February 13, 2026
U.S. Energy Department
U.S. Energy Department
stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X:
“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2025
U.S. Energy Department
U.S. Energy Department
stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post:
“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 14, 2025
Donald Trump
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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “​​on day one” of his administration.
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally:
“With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
False
By Maria Briceño • November 19, 2024
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Give disadvantaged communities 40% of spending benefits related to clean energy
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Joe Biden
Create 1 million auto industry jobs
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Joe Biden
Put US on a course to net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Block new fracking on federal lands, but not ban all fracking
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Joe Biden
Establish new fuel economy standards
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Rejoin the Paris climate agreement
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