Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
"I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 23, 2015
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."
False
By Tom Feran • November 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan:
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 3, 2011 in a Republican presidential candidate forum:
"I never favored cap and trade."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 7, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with the 'Miami Herald.':
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 14, 2011
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee:
"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 4, 2011
Diane Allen
Diane Allen
stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release:
Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 20, 2011
Anonymous GOP critics
Anonymous GOP critics
stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story:
Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."
False
June 9, 2011
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 in a WPRI/Providence Journal debate:
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
June 8, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 in a widely circulated e-mail:
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 in CNN's Situation Room program:
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on September 16, 2009 in a press release:
The Obama administration's cap-and-trade plan would create "a $1,761 yearly energy tax."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 18, 2009
Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 in an editorial:
"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 3, 2009