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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2023 a rally in Coralville, Iowa
“Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2023 An interview on CNBC
“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”
True
By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2023 a Facebook post
The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 30, 2023
One Nation
One Nation
stated on September 4, 2023 a petition
Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Mostly False
By Aidan Cornue • October 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 15, 2023 en una publicación en Facebook
Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas".
False
By Maria Briceño • October 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 11, 2023 a Facebook post
"‎The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.”
False
October 13, 2023
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on August 30, 2023 a post on X
“Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
Half-True
By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2023 a speech
“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 24, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
"En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas".
False
September 29, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 an interview with Sean Hannity
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 a GOP presidential primary debate in California
“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 19, 2023 an Instagram post
A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
False
July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 a video shared on Facebook.
Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2023 a Facebook post
Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”
False
April 1, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2023 an image
"We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate."
False
By Andy Nguyen • March 16, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 13, 2023 an executive action
On drilling on federal lands.
Full Flop
March 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 a speech at CPAC
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 a tweet
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 a tweet
"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
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