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Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on February 24, 2015 a press release
President Barack Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed "42,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 2, 2015
Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.
"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Center for Western Priorities
Center for Western Priorities
stated on February 5, 2015 a post on the organization's website
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website
The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address
"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 20, 2015 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
"A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.
"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 20, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 a news release.
President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015
Floridians for Solar Choice
Floridians for Solar Choice
stated on January 14, 2015 a statement on a website
"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2015 a meme on social media
Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book ‘American Dreams’
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
True
By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2014 a Senate floor speech
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 12, 2015
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on January 11, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Keystone means unlocking the Canadian tar sands."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 11, 2015
John Thune
John Thune
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 4, 2015
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 4, 2015
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch
stated on November 24, 2014 a newspaper commentary
Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 2, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 a press conference in Burma
Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 20, 2014
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
stated on November 7, 2014 a segment on his RT show
"The Kochs stand to make around $100 billion if the government approves the Keystone XL pipeline."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • November 19, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2014
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