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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2012 a campaign speech:
Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists." 
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 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
Gloria Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses
stated on July 18, 2012 a mailer:
Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
stated on July 2, 2012 a news release:
The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.:
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on June 2, 2012 rally for coal miners:
"(Environmentalists) said ‘We’re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.’ ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet."
False
By Tom Humphrey • June 30, 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
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on June 17, 2012 a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections':
"There’s no wildlife" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • June 21, 2012
Lisa Blais
Lisa Blais
stated on May 21, 2012 a radio interview:
"We came out against Deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 3, 2012
Freedom PAC
Freedom PAC
stated on April 30, 2012 a Web ad:
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 9, 2012
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference:
Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist
False
By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 a news release:
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 a news release.:
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 5, 2012 an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline:
"I have always said that I would be for drilling."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
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