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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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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
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 a press release
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2014 messages on the Internet
"Solar panels drain the sun’s energy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 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
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 a TV ad
Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • May 1, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Brown "voted to give oil companies big tax breaks."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • April 30, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 21, 2014 a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show'
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 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
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on March 20, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 24, 2014
Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan
stated on March 6, 2014 an op-ed on Townhall.com
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 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
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on February 21, 2014 a TV ad
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • February 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on February 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 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
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release
"Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."  
True
February 14, 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
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on February 3, 2014 a segment on CNN's "Crossfire"
The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
True
By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union speech
"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
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