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Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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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
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 a WPRI/Providence Journal debate:
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2010 a campaign news release and platform document:
Says Gov. Jim Doyle and the DNR have not put hunters first and mismanaged the deer herd; as a result "the deer population has dwindled."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 24, 2010
Bob Stacey
Bob Stacey
stated on October 19, 2010 a television ad:
Says Tom Hughes supports paving over thousands of acres with over-development and sprawl.
False
By Janie Har • October 20, 2010
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on October 5, 2010 a TV campaign commercial:
Said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, sent nearly $2 billion overseas to build wind turbines and create jobs, mostly in China
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 19, 2010
Edwin Pacheco
Edwin Pacheco
stated on October 4, 2010 a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party:
Says Christopher Little has "a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters"
False
By John Hill • October 19, 2010
Debbie Jackow
Debbie Jackow
stated on September 27, 2010 a campaign mailer:
Debbie Jackow "unlike her opponent ... WILL NOT de-fund the 20/20 land program."
False
By Brian Liberatore • October 10, 2010
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on September 16, 2010 a news article:
"It takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 28, 2010
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.:
"We've got to find 2 billion gallons (of water per day) between now and 2025."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 10, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on September 10, 2010 a television ad:
"I’m the only one who's fought against developers draining the Everglades!"
False
By Trenton Daniel • September 10, 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
Stephen Kretzmann
Stephen Kretzmann
stated on August 17, 2010 a website:
Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 7, 2010
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on July 13, 2010 a campaign ad:
Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."
Mostly False
By Cary Spivak • September 3, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 11, 2010 campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping:
"Since being elected, (Tom Barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan."
Mostly False
By Lee Bergquist • September 3, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 a video posted online:
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
Mostly True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents’ properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same."
Half-True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "joined forces with liberal Democrats on a historic sales tax hike."
False
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 a campaign speech:
"In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • July 30, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 25, 2010
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