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Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 6, 2015 Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administration’s Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year."
False
By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 30, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"We're practically not allowed to use coal any more. What do we do with our coal? We ship it to China and they spew it in the air."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on November 30, 2015 a TV talk show
Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
Mostly True
December 4, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 21, 2015 a post on his website
"The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 14, 2015 a news conference
"In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated."  
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • October 25, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 16, 2015 prepared remarks in a written speech
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate
On the Keystone XL pipeline
No Flip
By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on September 1, 2015 a television ad
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 9, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!
Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 16, 2015 a debate
The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change."  
Half-True
September 21, 2015
Ron Bergeron
Ron Bergeron
stated on September 2, 2015 a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting
"There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 3, 2015 an image shared on Facebook
" 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' "
Pants on Fire!
By Will Cabaniss • September 3, 2015
Credo Action
Credo Action
stated on August 27, 2015 a YouTube video
The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2015
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 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
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show
Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015
Jack Hanna
Jack Hanna
stated on August 2, 2015 an ABC "This Week" interview
"In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • August 3, 2015
Robert Henneke
Robert Henneke
stated on June 23, 2015 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 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
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