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Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on August 5, 2013 a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad:
"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2013
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on August 1, 2013 an interview:
Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2013
Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 an interview with the 'New York Times':
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on July 22, 2013 a campaign ad:
"Every single month since 1985 has been warmer than the historic average. All 12 of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Bill Wichert • July 28, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.:
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County
stated on July 9, 2013 a county budget document:
Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 26, 2013 a news conference:
"About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • July 5, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 28, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
In South Florida, "we've had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2013
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 a Senate floor speech:
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor :
Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio
True
By Robert Higgs • June 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 a speech on climate change:
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference.":
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 22, 2013 a campaign statement.:
On oil drilling off Virginia's coast.
Full Flop
By Nancy Madsen • June 3, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release:
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release:
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on May 15, 2013 a legislative meeting:
"18 percent of our land in our state right now is either federally, state or county owned for conservation purposes."
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin:
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
True
By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
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