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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 an interview with the 'Miami Herald.'
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 14, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on July 25, 2011 a television ad
Says Sen. Luther Olsen, his recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants "not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors" with no oversight.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 2011
Nancy Nusbaum
Nancy Nusbaum
stated on July 25, 2011 a television ad
Says Sen. Robert Cowles, her recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants "not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors" with no oversight.
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 4, 2011
Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess
stated on July 15, 2011 a statement.
Says stores will be barred from selling 100-watt light bulbs as of 2012.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 28, 2011
Ward Armstrong
Ward Armstrong
stated on July 21, 2011 a news conference.
On campaign contributions from electric utilities.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • July 25, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
Renewable Fuels Association
Renewable Fuels Association
stated on June 22, 2011 an advertisement in Washington, D.C., Metro stations
Ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Republican Party of Virginia
Republican Party of Virginia
stated on June 16, 2011 a blog post.
Phil Puckett "voted no on sending the EPA a message that they’ve gone too far not once, but twice."
Pants on Fire!
By Wes Hester • June 24, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a press conference.
"We are number one in the world when it comes to energy resources. ... The Russians are second; Saudi Arabia is number three." 
True
By Jacob Geiger • June 17, 2011
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on June 13, 2011 an appearance on a talk show
"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Salit • June 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on June 6, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011
Anonymous GOP critics
Anonymous GOP critics
stated on June 7, 2011 a web news story
Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."
False
June 9, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox
"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."
Pants on Fire!
June 3, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox News
We are looking at "150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after" because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the Obama administration.
Mostly False
June 3, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 a press conference
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
May 24, 2011
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