Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 30, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 21, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 a GOP presidential primary debate in California
“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
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By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 a speech at CPAC
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 10, 2022 a debate
“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2022
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 23, 2022 a tweet
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."
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By Yacob Reyes • October 11, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 a tweet
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2022 a Facebook post
Studies show plastics can help combat climate change.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 26, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
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By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 a Senate hearing
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
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By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2021 Facebook posts
A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
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December 2, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 a debate
“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
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By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 1, 2020 a video
Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate.
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By Hayat Norimine • October 8, 2020
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on May 18, 2020 TV ad
Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.”
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By Laura Schulte • June 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2020 a Facebook post
"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."
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By Bill McCarthy • May 18, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 16, 2020 a statement
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
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By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
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March 13, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Young America's Foundation
Young America's Foundation
stated on January 2, 2020 a Facebook post
"FACT: Less than 1% of the trash in the ocean is from the United States."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 a speech
"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets. 
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By Mica Soellner • June 11, 2019
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