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American Petroleum Institute
stated on March 2, 2014 in 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 in 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
stated on February 17, 2014 in 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
stated on January 31, 2014 in 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
stated on January 22, 2014 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014

Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 in 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
stated on February 3, 2014 in 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
stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union speech:

"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."

True

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in 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

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:

There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014

Josh Fox
stated on January 19, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry":

"We had 6,000 oil and gas spills in 2012" with "more oil and gas spreading in the United States than the entire Exxon Valdez spill."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • January 23, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2014 in a Saturday radio address:

"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 in a speech at North Carolina State University:

"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014

Texans for Reliable Power
stated on January 9, 2014 in an advertisement:

"Texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country," adding "more than 1,000 people a day."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."

Mostly True

By Rochelle Koff • December 3, 2013

Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2013 in a campaign ad:

"The president’s own advisers have said there’s a war on coal."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2013

James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference.":

"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013

Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 in a television interview:

Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."

Mostly True

By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013

Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 in a question and answer session at Columbia University:

"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013

League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 14, 2013 in a TV ad:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to let oil and gas companies emit "unlimited carbon pollution into our air"

True

By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2013

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