Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 an interview on Fox News Sunday
Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024
Patrick Burke
Patrick Burke
stated on March 2, 2024 a press release
The Great Lakes account for “over 20% of the world’s freshwater and over 80% of North America’s freshwater.”
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By David Scibilia • March 20, 2024
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 26, 2022 a tweet
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
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By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 13, 2022 Twitter
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
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By Laura Schulte • August 19, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter
"The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not."
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By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2019 in a story
"Triggering leftists, Trump's reelection campaign is selling plastic straws."
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By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 23, 2019
Maxine Lipeles
Maxine Lipeles
stated on February 24, 2019 a newspaper article
"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."
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By Kennedy Simone • April 26, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 a State of the State Address
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
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By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Texas Campaign for the Environment
stated on April 26, 2018 a handout
Says most of Austin’s biggest parks have recycling though as "many as 293 out of 300" Austin city "parks have no recycling, including almost every neighborhood park."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 18, 2017 an opinion-editorial
Florida’s coastal and stormwater infrastructure are "two of the most critical areas during a storm, and received D-plus and D ratings, respectively, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2016."  
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By Allison Graves • September 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with 'The Economist'
The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
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By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2017
Josh Earnest
Josh Earnest
stated on August 3, 2016 a White House press briefing
"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2016
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
stated on June 16, 2015 a press release
Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.
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By April Hunt • July 7, 2015
Athens Banner-Herald
Athens Banner-Herald
stated on May 10, 2015 a news report
Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
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By April Hunt • June 24, 2015
Karina Wood
Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee
Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2014 a Senate floor speech
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 12, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 a newspaper commentary
"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad
Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
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By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on March 25, 2014 congressional testimony.
"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."  
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By Nancy Madsen • April 14, 2014
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