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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 11, 2018 in press conference:
"Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 13, 2018
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:
"It is only under President Trump that we have become the largest producer of oil and gas resources."  
False
By Warren Fiske • September 11, 2018
Roman McAllen
Roman McAllen
stated on June 22, 2018 in a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
"The Railroad Commission of Texas has nothing to do with railroads."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
stated on June 13, 2018 in a statement to Bloomberg:
"The science is clear, under President Trump greenhouse gas emissions are down."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2018 in a tweet:
"101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha:
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • June 6, 2018
Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats
stated on May 23, 2018 in a tweet:
"El precio de combustible ha aumentado un 25% este año" / "The price of gas has increased 25% this year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2018
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on May 10, 2018 in a Rosen campaign press release:
Says Dean Heller "has voted for a GOP bill that funded efforts to revive Yucca Mountain."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 in a U.S. Senate debate:
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on March 23, 2018 in Campaign video:
"Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers."
Half-True
By Colin Deppen • March 30, 2018
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on March 27, 2018 in an ad campaign:
NC Republicans "raided $58 million that was supposed to help create jobs for North Carolinians."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 27, 2018
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke
stated on February 23, 2018 in a panel at the conservative CPAC conference:
"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address:
"We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet:
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview:
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
False
By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2017 in a tweet:
"Coal production up 7.8% in past year. Down 31.5% last 10 years. #endingwaroncoal."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"Long gas lines forming in North Korea."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2017
Marco Rubio's heckler
Marco Rubio's heckler
stated on August 22, 2017 in during Sen. Marco Rubio's speech to Seminole County GOP:
Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 in a rally in Phoenix:
"We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2017
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