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Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad:

"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014

Lenar Whitney
stated on June 25, 2014 a YouTube video:

"Global warming is a hoax."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • August 1, 2014

Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio:

"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014

Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad:

When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 a newspaper commentary:

"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."

True

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014

John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 an op-ed for "USA Today":

"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."

False

By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014

Al Jazeera America
stated on June 14, 2014 a documentary:

The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.

False

By James B. Nelson • June 23, 2014

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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