Fact Check Posts – Page 34

John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008:

"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."

By Robert Farley • September 4, 2008

Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in an interview on CNBC:

Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008

Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio:

"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."

By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver:

McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."

By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 in 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."

By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008

Brian Schweitzer
stated on August 26, 2008:

McCain's energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.

By Robert Farley • August 27, 2008

Republican National Committee
stated on August 26, 2008 in a statement on the RNC Web site:

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 27, 2008

Mark Warner
stated on August 26, 2008 in Denver:

The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio:

McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "

By Seth Stern • August 22, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 in Lansing, MI:

Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.

By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2008 in a television ad:

John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 13, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 in a town hall in Berea, Ohio.:

Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."

By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2008 in a news release:

John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.:

"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."

By Alexander Lane • August 5, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008:

On offshore drilling.

By Robert Farley • August 5, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008:

On using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

By Robert Farley • August 5, 2008

John McCain
stated on August 4, 2008 in flip-o-meter:

On offshore drilling.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • August 4, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla.:

Obama said his proposed $1,000 emergency energy rebate "will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next 4 months."

By Robert Farley • August 1, 2008

John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 in a TV ad:

"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"

By Alexander Lane • July 21, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 in a speech in Dayton, Ohio:

"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."

By Alexander Lane • July 18, 2008

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