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Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 5, 2013 in a campaign video:
Says he "sued Obama’s EPA seven times."
True
By Sue Owen • August 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 in an interview with the 'New York Times':
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Tom Fanning
Tom Fanning
stated on June 17, 2013 in a hearing:
Government subsidies for renewable energies such as wind and solar are 100 times greater than those given to gas and coal, and 50 times greater than what the nuclear industry enjoys.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 31, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 1, 2013:
Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 23, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 in a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.:
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on July 1, 2013 in an email:
Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 10, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 26, 2013 in 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 in 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 in an interview.:
On the coal industry
Full Flop
By Nancy Madsen • June 14, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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
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