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Put Alaska First PAC
Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 a television ad
"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV interview.
The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 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 20, 2014 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2014 a letter to President Barack Obama
Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in a question and answer after a speech
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 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
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 an opinion article
The proposed Gogebic mine in northern Wisconsin "could be extended as long as 21 miles."  
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 an opinion article
A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste."  
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on April 22, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 3, 2014 a chain email
Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 multiple blog and video posts
The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 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
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on March 25, 2014 congressional testimony.
"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."  
True
By Nancy Madsen • April 14, 2014
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on April 3, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
"The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2014
Charles Koch
Charles Koch
stated on April 2, 2014 an op-ed for the "Wall Street Journal."
"EPA officials have commended (Koch Industries) for our ‘commitment to a cleaner environment’ and called us ‘a model for other companies.’ "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • April 4, 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
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