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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 22, 2013 in a campaign ad:
"Every single month since 1985 has been warmer than the historic average. All 12 of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
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By Bill Wichert • July 28, 2013
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 26, 2012 in an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS:
Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline."
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By Bartholomew Sullivan • September 24, 2012
Florida Wildlife Federation
Florida Wildlife Federation
stated on August 28, 2012 in a billboard message:
Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.
True
By Reginald Fields • August 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 in a Rose Garden speech:
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
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By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
Make Us Great Again
Make Us Great Again
stated on December 21, 2011 in a video ad:
Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 23, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a video ad:
Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."
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By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 17, 2011 in a speech to Tea Party activists.:
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
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By Jacob Geiger • January 28, 2011
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on October 19, 2010 in an ad:
Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2010
John Boccieri
John Boccieri
stated on August 18, 2010 in an interview:
"I don’t understand what Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."
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By Sabrina Eaton • September 13, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on July 21, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."
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By Robert Higgs • July 24, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 in an op-ed in the 'Washington Post':
"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.
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By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 10, 2009 in MSNBC interview.:
Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"
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By Catharine Richert • June 11, 2009
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