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Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2012 a post on Facebook

"In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight."

By Erin O'Neill • April 15, 2012

Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 a robocall

President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on March 10, 2012 a op-ed posted on his website

President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a debate in Arizona

"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 a news release

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on December 2, 2011 a newspaper column

Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."

By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2011

Ward Armstrong
stated on September 27, 2011 in TV ads.

Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."

By Warren Fiske • October 14, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.

Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.

By Gregory Trotter • September 1, 2011

Nancy Nusbaum
stated on July 25, 2011 a television ad

Says Sen. Robert Cowles, her recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants "not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors" with no oversight.

By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 2011

Republican Party of Virginia
stated on June 16, 2011 a blog post.

Phil Puckett "voted no on sending the EPA a message that they’ve gone too far not once, but twice."

By Wes Hester • June 24, 2011

Mike Stenhouse
stated on June 13, 2011 an appearance on a talk show

"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."

By Richard Salit • June 16, 2011

Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox

"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."

June 3, 2011

Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter

Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."

May 20, 2011

AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter

"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."

May 20, 2011

Troy Fraser
stated on April 19, 2011 a Texas Senate committee hearing.

Says it probably costs more than $300,000 to run for a seat on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative board of directors.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 26, 2011 a speech at the Conservative Principles PAC Conference

"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."

March 29, 2011

Jon Brien
stated on March 22, 2011 a news release

Woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because "residents are paying through the nose for electricity that’s fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing."

By Peter Lord • March 27, 2011

Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail

Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."

By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011

Laurence Ehrhardt
stated on January 3, 2011 a commentary in The Providence Journal

If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2011

Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings

The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010

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