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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio:
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on his radio show:
The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2014
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."
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 an op-ed for "USA Today":
"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.":
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on May 14, 2014 a news release.:
Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • June 23, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV interview.:
The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website:
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 20, 2014 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in a question and answer after a speech:
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
False
By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 a committee hearing:
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks:
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2014
Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore
stated on March 11, 2014 an interview on 'Hannity':
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 17, 2014
American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute
stated on March 2, 2014 a television ad:
Says "Bill Clinton and George Bush both say build the Keystone XL."
True
By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech:
As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2014
Jonathan Boucher
Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:
"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 a CNN "Crossfire" segment:
A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 13, 2014
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