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Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 CNN's Situation Room program
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Christopher Monckton
Christopher Monckton
stated on October 14, 2009 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 an interview on the Charlie Rose Show
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 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
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 24, 2009 a letter to the Minnesota delegation in Washington
On a cap-and-trade plan.
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • September 24, 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
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on September 1, 2009 his radio program
Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist."
Mostly False
September 8, 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
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2009 an op-ed published in the Huffington Post
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 2, 2009
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on July 31, 2009 the Glenn Beck show
If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity.    
False
August 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
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 14, 2009 a Washington Post op-ed
On a cap-and-trade plan.
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • July 20, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 14, 2009 an op-ed article in the Washington Post.
"Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • July 16, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 29, 2009 his radio show
On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • July 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average"
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • July 7, 2009
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 28, 2009 interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • July 2, 2009
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