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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
Half-True
By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention
Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016
Environmental Justice League of R.I
Environmental Justice League of R.I
stated on January 12, 2016 a report
"In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • January 24, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2015 a press conference
"You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2015
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on October 7, 2015 a speech
"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • November 3, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 16, 2015 a debate
The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change."  
Half-True
September 21, 2015
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 TV ad
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 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
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 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
Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 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
Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 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
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate speech published on YouTube
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 an op-ed column on NJ.com
"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2013
Freedom PAC
Freedom PAC
stated on April 30, 2012 a Web ad
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 9, 2012
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