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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate in Tampa, Fla.
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2012
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
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 a Twitter post
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
Half-True
By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 a television commercial
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Florida Conservation Alliance
Florida Conservation Alliance
stated on June 19, 2010 a television commercial
"Sen. George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on June 11, 2010 a TV commercial
"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 a TV ad
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
June 3, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on July 17, 2009 the House Republicans' Web site
"The government is going to tell Americans they need to replace functioning stoves in their homes with 'government-certified' stoves and use taxpayer dollars to do so."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • July 22, 2009
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 28, 2009 interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • July 2, 2009
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