Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet

"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017

Jerry Brown
stated on December 14, 2016 a speech

"California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • December 19, 2016

Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a forum at Huston-Tillotson University

Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."

False

By Dylan Baddour • November 23, 2016

Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech

Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."

Half-True

By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 5, 2016 a radio show broadcast

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 27, 2016 a TV ad

Says Miami Congressman Carlos "Curbelo supports drilling offshore" and "repeatedly voted against President Obama's ability to fight pollution and combat climate change."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • September 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate

"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press."

Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016

Duane Hall
stated on August 23, 2016 a tweet

North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • September 9, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview

"The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."

False

August 12, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention

Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016

Paul Babeu
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on Fox News' "Hannity"

"The president has said the national security threat facing America, the top one, is global warming."

Mostly False

By Anthony Cave • June 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper

"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016

Ban Ki-moon
stated on April 22, 2016 comments

The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."

Mostly True

By Liepa Zelniene • April 26, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on March 24, 2016 a website post.

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Florida

"The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing."

False

By Linda Qiu • March 10, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on February 16, 2016 a press conference

"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2016

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