Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Heidi Scheuermann
Heidi Scheuermann
stated on May 16, 2019 floor debate
They understand the importance (of medical monitoring). It’s clear, though, that they want to do it in a way that is consistent with other states and S.37 just isn’t.
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By Elizabeth Gribkoff • May 24, 2019
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on February 11, 2019 a newsletter.
"Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years."  
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By Warren Fiske • February 26, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2019 a Facebook post
Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans."  
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February 11, 2019
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
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."
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By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Unite Here Florida PAC
Unite Here Florida PAC
stated on August 16, 2018 a TV ad
"Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."
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By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2018
Steve Troxler
Steve Troxler
stated on July 10, 2018 a speech
The Black River’s water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina."
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By Paul Specht • August 1, 2018
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 a post on Medium
Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."
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By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
stated on June 13, 2018 a statement to Bloomberg
"The science is clear, under President Trump greenhouse gas emissions are down."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2018
Michelle Wolf
Michelle Wolf
stated on April 29, 2018 a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner
"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2018
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on March 27, 2018 an ad campaign
NC Republicans "raided $58 million that was supposed to help create jobs for North Carolinians."
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By Paul Specht • March 27, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
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By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"In Congress, @RonDeSantisFL was the DECIDING vote AGAINST our state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling."  
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By Allison Graves • January 12, 2018
Marco Rubio's heckler
Marco Rubio's heckler
stated on August 22, 2017 during Sen. Marco Rubio's speech to Seminole County GOP
Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election.
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By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech on the House floor
"While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time."
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By Chris Nichols • July 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a town hall with CEOs
"I've won awards on environmental protection."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."
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By Gabrielle Healy • March 2, 2017
Dana Young
Dana Young
stated on October 20, 2016 a mailer
Says she "voted for a statewide fracking ban."
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By Allison Graves • October 5, 2016
No on 67
No on 67
stated on August 15, 2016 in official ballot argument.
"Not one penny of (California’s Prop 67) bag ban tax goes to the environment."
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By Chris Nichols • October 3, 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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
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