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Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 a newspaper commentary
"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute
stated on March 2, 2014 a television ad
Says "Bill Clinton and George Bush both say build the Keystone XL."
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By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on February 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release
"Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."  
True
February 14, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on February 3, 2014 a segment on CNN's "Crossfire"
The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
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By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union speech
"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."
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By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."
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By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech at North Carolina State University
"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."
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By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 14, 2013 a TV ad
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to let oil and gas companies emit "unlimited carbon pollution into our air"
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August 29, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 5, 2013 a campaign video
Says he "sued Obama’s EPA seven times."
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By Sue Owen • August 21, 2013
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 a television interview
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
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By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013
Patrick Wales
Patrick Wales
stated on December 6, 2012 a symposium.
There is "over 20 times more energy" in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than "there is in all the oil that’s estimated to be off Virginia’s coast"
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By Nancy Madsen • January 7, 2013
Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
stated on December 12, 2012 a Tweet
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
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By John Hill • December 29, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
True
By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign event
Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on June 18, 2012 prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.
"Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma."
True
By Zack McMillin • June 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 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."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."
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By Bill Wichert • April 11, 2012
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