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Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Teachout
stated on June 28, 2016 her victory speech after winning the Democratic primary.:
"John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • July 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 1, 2016 a news conference:
"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2016
Stacy White
Stacy White
stated on June 2, 2016 a Hillsborough County Commission meeting:
Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 8, 2016
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly
stated on May 10, 2016 a post on Instagram:
"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • May 17, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 27, 2016 Pennsylvania:
Says Katie McGinty "actually agrees with Hillary Clinton and the most liberal wing of the Democrats on everything."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens, Dávid Tvrdoň, Loghan Thain • May 16, 2016
Occupational Knowledge International
Occupational Knowledge International
stated on April 20, 2016 a petition on Change.org:
Says Sherwin-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 26, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 16, 2015 a debate:
The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary:
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview on MSNBC:
"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 17, 2015
John Thune
John Thune
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 4, 2015
Brad Rockwell
Brad Rockwell
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a "company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2014
Friends of India Point Park
Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 a web site:
"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 a TV ad:
Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 19, 2014 a television ad:
"Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2014
Put Alaska First PAC
Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 a television ad:
"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2014 a letter to President Barack Obama:
Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 an opinion article:
The proposed Gogebic mine in northern Wisconsin "could be extended as long as 21 miles."  
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014
Gordon Challstrom
Gordon Challstrom
stated on January 15, 2014 a campaign website statement:
"Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • February 21, 2014
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