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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 26, 2013 a news conference
"About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • July 5, 2013
Ron Shipman
Ron Shipman
stated on June 10, 2013 a meeting
Says Georgia Power customers pay 10 percent to 15 percent below the national average for electricity.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 24, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 8, 2013 an interview.
On the coal industry
Full Flop
By Nancy Madsen • June 14, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference."
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 22, 2013 a campaign statement.
On oil drilling off Virginia's coast.
Full Flop
By Nancy Madsen • June 3, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Tim Echols
Tim Echols
stated on May 13, 2013 a twitter post
There are about 120,000 solar energy jobs in the United States, but only 1,700 of them are in Georgia.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 22, 2013
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
stated on April 10, 2013 a TV/internet ad
"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • April 29, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on February 12, 2013 in reaction to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on January 29, 2013 a Tweet
Says "Did you know that the #KeystoneXL project is expected to create 20,000 American jobs, including more than 800 in Oregon?"
Mostly False
By Charles Pope • February 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 a news conference.
Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2013
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 a television interview
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013
Patrick Wales
Patrick Wales
stated on December 6, 2012 a symposium.
There is "over 20 times more energy" in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than "there is in all the oil that’s estimated to be off Virginia’s coast"
True
By Nancy Madsen • January 7, 2013
Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
stated on December 12, 2012 a Tweet
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
True
By John Hill • December 29, 2012
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 23, 2012 a statement.
"The Agriculture Department estimates that roughly 42 percent of the corn crop will be used to make ethanol -- more than the amount of corn used to feed livestock and poultry in the United States."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 10, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
True
By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012
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