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Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 remarks at the White House

“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 a speech on extreme heat

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023

Rebuild by Design
stated on March 1, 2023 a report

“Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.”

By Cameron Carr • March 29, 2023

Alex Epstein
stated on January 31, 2023 a Fox Business segment

“The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.”

By Andy Nguyen • February 27, 2023

Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 Panel discussion

“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.

By Laura Schulte • November 30, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2021 a Facebook post

Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 2, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on January 27, 2021 remarks when signing climate change executive orders

“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2021

Joe Cunningham
stated on October 16, 2020 a website post

"Nancy Mace denies climate change."

October 19, 2020

Jan Schakowsky
stated on February 12, 2020 committee hearing remarks

“We’ve also seen in the time that he’s (Donald Trump) been president, an increase in carbon emissions going absolutely in the wrong way.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 16, 2020

Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 a tweet

“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020

Michael Bloomberg
stated on December 15, 2019 a speech

"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 11, 2020

Sean Casten
stated on August 18, 2019 a campaign email

"Most climate scientists agree that we only have less than a decade to turn things around or else we’ll be stuck with a 'worst case scenario' including rising sea levels, devastating droughts, and worsening famines."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2019

Michael Bennet
stated on May 30, 2019 a CNN town hall

"The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."

By Sophie Austin • June 6, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan

"Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."

By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2019

Jay Inslee
stated on March 19, 2019 in an interview

"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."

By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019

Jay Inslee
stated on March 10, 2019 in an interview

"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."

By John Kruzel • March 13, 2019

Jay Inslee
stated on February 20, 2019 an interview

"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."

March 8, 2019

Environmental Defense Fund Action
stated on October 29, 2018 a mailer to Texas homes

Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils."

By Stephen Koff • November 3, 2018

Jim Spencer
stated on June 18, 2018 a news blog post

Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2018

Al Gore
stated on June 4, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday

"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."

By Amy Sherman • June 5, 2017

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