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Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks:
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on March 20, 2014 a TV ad:
Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 24, 2014
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on March 12, 2014 an email:
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate approved a bill "denying veterans the right to recover their medical costs for cancers they developed while serving their country."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 20, 2014
Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore
stated on March 11, 2014 an interview on 'Hannity':
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 17, 2014
Seneca Jones
Seneca Jones
stated on March 2, 2014 newspaper ads:
Seneca Jones Timber Co., aiming to increase logging and allay fears that old growth will be cut, says mills have shifted to second-generation trees. An ad from the company asks: "Do you know that most all mills in Oregon have retooled over the past 20 years?"
True
By Dana Tims • March 14, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 his State of the State speech:
"We have invested record funding in protecting our environment."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 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."
True
By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2014
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on February 21, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • February 25, 2014
Gordon Challstrom
Gordon Challstrom
stated on January 15, 2014 a campaign website statement:
"Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • February 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 12, 2014 newspaper articles:
On oil drilling off Florida’s coast
No Flip
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 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."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech:
As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2014
Jonathan Boucher
Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:
"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 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
By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014
Associated Industries of Florida
Associated Industries of Florida
stated on February 6, 2014 a press release:
"Large parts of Florida" have experienced "years of below average rainfall."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • February 13, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 a CNN "Crossfire" segment:
A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 13, 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.
True
By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 21, 2014 an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection:
"Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
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