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Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on September 12, 2016 a campaign mailer
Says "Patrick Murphy’s ‘Pay More’ energy agenda means you could pay another $500 a year for your utility bills!"
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2016
Duane Hall
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
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 13, 2016
On drilling off the Atlantic coast
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • August 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet
Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."  
Mostly True
August 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa.
Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit
"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio
"Cincinnati is already one of the biggest cities in the country to run 100 percent on clean energy."
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • July 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2016 a speech on energy policy
In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2016
Bernie Sanders
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
Solar Energy Fairness
Solar Energy Fairness
stated on April 13, 2016 a television ad
"Big rooftop solar's plan forces Nevada families who don’t have solar panels to pay higher power bills to subsidize rooftop solar."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • May 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech
"ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2016
Robby Mook
Robby Mook
stated on April 19, 2016 a Medium post
"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2016
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video
"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 12, 2016 remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release
"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"
Mostly False
By Mike Jenner • March 17, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield
stated on July 30, 2015 an article on the Frontpage website
"Obama spent $7 billion to bring electricity to Africa, failed miserably."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."
False
By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016
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