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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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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
Russ Girling
Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014
Friends of India Point Park
Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 a web site:
"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on October 22, 2014 an op-ed in the "New York Times":
"All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate:
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 6, 2014 a campaign ad:
"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 8, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014:
On offshore drilling for energy
No Flip
By Nancy Madsen • August 18, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie "Crist made it easier for Duke to take your money."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.
Half-True
By PolitiFact Staff • August 13, 2014
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on July 30, 2014 an online video:
Says GOP primary opponents Glenn Grothman and Joe Leibham cast a "compromise vote that cost $788 million" in higher electricity costs.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad:
"What (the Obama administration is) going to come out with in the next several months is you're not even going to be able to burn coal very limitedly in the existing plants."
False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
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