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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 8, 2009 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox
Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska."
False
June 11, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 10, 2009 MSNBC interview.
Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • June 11, 2009
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 26, 2009 weekly Senate Republican radio address
There are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in Alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, but Democrats "say all this American energy is off limits."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • June 4, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 17, 2009 a speech on the Senate Floor.
On the propriety of budget reconciliation.
Half Flip
March 30, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 15, 2008 in a news release
Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."
False
October 7, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis, Mo.
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 6, 2008 a radio address
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 10, 2008 Virginia
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008
"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."
Half-True
September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 an interview on CNBC
Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 Dayton, Ohio
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
True
By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver
McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."
Mostly False
By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
True
By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on August 26, 2008 a statement on the RNC Web site
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 27, 2008
Brian Schweitzer
Brian Schweitzer
stated on August 26, 2008
McCain's energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.
Pants on Fire!
August 27, 2008
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on August 26, 2008 Denver
The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 Youngstown, Ohio
McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
Mostly True
By Seth Stern • August 22, 2008
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