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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 31, 2010 in an announcement at Andrews Air Force Base :
On oil drilling
No Flip
By Catharine Richert • March 31, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:
"Texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 17, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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