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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
stated on January 18, 2012 a letter
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
Half-True
By Janie Har • February 7, 2012
Penny Bernard Schaber
Penny Bernard Schaber
stated on January 27, 2012 a legislative hearing
A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago."
Mostly False
January 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address
Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
James Florio
James Florio
stated on December 14, 2011 a guest column in The Star-Ledger
"Many types of fish and shellfish from waters across the state are labeled unsafe to eat." 
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad
Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on January 5, 2012 a news release
Says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is "15 hours away" from where public hearing on mining was held.
False
January 8, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 13, 2011 a Senate hearing
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • January 8, 2012
Make Us Great Again
Make Us Great Again
stated on December 21, 2011 a video ad
Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 23, 2011
Richard Franklin III
Richard Franklin III
stated on November 29, 2011 an address to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
Says a trash mound on U.S. 290 is 800 feet tall.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 22, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a video ad
Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
stated on December 12, 2011 a news story
Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill, Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 3, 2011 a Republican presidential candidate forum
"I never favored cap and trade."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 7, 2011
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