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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 17, 2010 a Facebook post:
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
False
By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 19, 2010 a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 9, 2010 a press release:
"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 22, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate.:
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 27, 2010 the Republican response to the State of the Union:
"Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 an op-ed in the 'Washington Post':
"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail:
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 a chain e-mail:
Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 23, 2009
America's Natural Gas Alliance
America's Natural Gas Alliance
stated on November 18, 2009 a television ad:
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 18, 2009
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
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue":
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue:
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
PlantsNeedCO2.org
PlantsNeedCO2.org
stated on October 5, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post:
"Not only is there no scientific evidence that CO2 is a pollutant, higher CO2 concentrations actually help ecosystems support more plant and animal life."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 7, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on October 4, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post:
The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 5, 2009
Barney Bishop
Barney Bishop
stated on August 26, 2009 a press release:
"There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 11, 2009 during a U.S. Senate debate:
"The truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on September 30, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post:
Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 30, 2009
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on September 16, 2009 a press release:
The Obama administration's cap-and-trade plan would create "a $1,761 yearly energy tax."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 18, 2009
Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 an editorial:
"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 3, 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
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