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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech:
"From 2010 to 2017, natural gas production plummeted by nearly 70 percent in New York, but it soared almost 1,000 percent in Pennsylvania."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 4, 2019
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 in 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."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2019 in a rally in Manchester, NH:
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 25, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Dan McCready backed state legislation that raised consumers "$149 million a year in higher energy costs."
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Thompson • August 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee:
"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2019 in a speech:
"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • April 3, 2019
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview:
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 13, 2019
Miro Weinberger
Miro Weinberger
stated on December 7, 2018 in Speech on carbon pricing. :
"As a city, we currently use about 4 percent less electricity today than we used in 1989."
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Gribkoff • December 8, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on November 15, 2018 in a tweet:
The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
True
By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic • December 6, 2018
Clean Virginia
Clean Virginia
stated on November 16, 2018 in website post.:
"Virginians pay the 11th-highest power bills in the nation."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet:
Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 13, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Joe Manchin "supported Obama and Clinton's campaigns to kill coal jobs."
False
By Joseph Kennedy • November 5, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 in a news release:
"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."
True
By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 16, 2018 in During a debate in San Antonio:
Says Beto O'Rourke "voted in favor of a $10 a barrel tax on every barrel of oil produced in the state of Texas."
Mostly False
By Johnathan Silver • October 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:
"The United States is now the No. 1 energy producer in the world. That happened just recently."
Half-True
By Warren Sterling • October 4, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
Mostly True
By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 21, 2018 in a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.:
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"
Mostly True
By Kristen Mohammadi • September 13, 2018
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