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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on December 2, 2011 a newspaper column
Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 10, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 14, 2011 a press release
The United States' regulations "are among the most difficult in the world." 
False
By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 21, 2011 a TV interview
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 a web post
"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate
An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 5, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 campaign literature
Says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 1, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 a meeting
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 an opinion article
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 2011
Michael Skindell
Michael Skindell
stated on September 7, 2011 a news conference
Says that  in the recent year homeowners across Ohio have signed mineral rights agreements "and I understand that over a billion dollars worth of leases have been signed to date."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • September 20, 2011
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