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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 a debate in Austin, Texas.
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television ad
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 a television interview
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2008 Indianapolis
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 2, 2008 a speech at a Democratic Party dinner
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Mostly False
May 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2008 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 24, 2008 an interview on the Fox News Channel.
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • April 30, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 a Web video.
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.
"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.
"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television ad
Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 10, 2008 a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
Mostly False
April 16, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 11, 2008 a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Mostly False
March 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 21, 2008 a debate in Austin, Texas.
"We send a billion dollars to foreign countries every day because of our addiction to foreign oil."
True
February 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.
Americans "have never paid more for gas at the pump."
False
By Bill Adair • February 11, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 28, 2008 West Palm Beach, Fla.
"Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mostly False
January 28, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 25, 2008 Boca Raton.
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
True
By Tom Tobin • January 25, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 debate in Las Vegas
"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."
False
January 16, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 14, 2008 a TV interview on CBS.
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
True
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
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