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Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
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By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet
Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."
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By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 21, 2018 an ad
Says he "actually wrote the bipartisan law that makes it illegal to drill off Florida’s coast."
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By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 a tweet
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 4, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
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By Amy Sherman • June 5, 2017
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on April 20, 2017 an op-ed
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017
Will Herring
Will Herring
stated on March 6, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News news story
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 6, 2017 social media posts
"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017
Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch
stated on December 10, 2016 a campaign letter
Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard."
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By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2016
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 a Senate floor speech
Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
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By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 6, 2016 a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."
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By Cara Lombardo • October 31, 2016
Duane Hall
Duane Hall
stated on August 23, 2016 a tweet
North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
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By Will Doran • September 9, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on July 9, 2016 a post on Medium
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups."
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By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2016
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 11, 2016 remarks on the Senate floor
"(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."
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By Riley Snyder • July 19, 2016
Bonnie Reiss
Bonnie Reiss
stated on June 8, 2016 a newspaper column.
"When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history."
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By Chris Nichols • July 1, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
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By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016
Robby Mook
Robby Mook
stated on April 19, 2016 a Medium post
"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
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By Linda Qiu • April 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint
"We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."
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By Linda Qiu • March 7, 2016
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