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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
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2009 a press release.:
Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
True
By Catharine Richert • June 25, 2009
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 15, 2009 a statement.:
Oil money from federal leases "can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • June 15, 2009
Cato Institute
Cato Institute
stated on April 1, 2009 a political advertisement.:
"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."
False
By Robert Farley • April 1, 2009
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on January 28, 2009 a Senate committee hearing:
If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 18, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
True
By Bill Adair • October 7, 2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 a TV ad:
"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 a TV ad:
Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 11, 2008 Fairbanks, Alaska:
On whether global warming is man-made.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 12, 2008
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Mostly True
By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 15, 2008 Albuquerque, N.M.:
In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, offshore drilling "did not cause any real difficulties."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a TV ad:
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
True
By Bill Adair • June 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 13, 2008 North Bend, Wash.:
"They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change)."
False
By Robert Farley • May 14, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 an e-mail message:
"He positions himself as pro environment, but he scored a zero — yes, zero — from the League of Conservation Voters last year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 8, 2008
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on February 23, 2008 a letter from Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope to supporters:
John McCain has "a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes."
False
By Shawn Zeller • March 4, 2008
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on May 15, 2007 Columbia, S.C.:
"For every single scientist that tells you (global warming is) happening and that it's our fault...I can stack up another group of reports that say just the opposite."
False
By Bill Adair • June 12, 2007
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