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Barry DuVal
Barry DuVal
stated on September 25, 2015 in an interview:
"We're the only major oil-producing nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our crude oil to other nations."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 17, 2015
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:
On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015
Robert Henneke
Robert Henneke
stated on June 23, 2015 in an oped column:
"Obama’s Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 24, 2015 in a speech on the House floor:
"Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 7, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 in a visit to Deerfield, NH:
"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015
Mike Huebsch
Mike Huebsch
stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before a state Senate committee:
"The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2015
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 in a news release:
Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 7, 2015 in a speech:
On support for ethanol mandates
Half Flip
By James B. Nelson • March 13, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech.:
"America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2015
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on February 24, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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