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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a news conference
Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 7, 2013
Environment New Jersey
Environment New Jersey
stated on December 18, 2012 an online post about global warming
"Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • January 6, 2013
Pew Environment Group
Pew Environment Group
stated on December 11, 2012 a newspaper advertisement
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 14, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 31, 2012 a radio ad
Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."
False
By Tom Feran • November 1, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 9, 2012 a debate
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 11, 2012 a speech
"We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
September 24, 2012
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth
Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Florida Wildlife Federation
Florida Wildlife Federation
stated on August 28, 2012 a billboard message
Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.
True
By Reginald Fields • August 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
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
Salmon for All
Salmon for All
stated on August 1, 2012 a guest column
"This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River."
Half-True
By Janie Har • August 9, 2012
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on July 26, 2012 a debate
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."
Mostly False
By Tom Mooney • August 1, 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
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 a speech
By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 5, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
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