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NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.
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August 13, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 a TV ad
Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."
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By Julie Kliegman • May 1, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 a CNN "Crossfire" segment
A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
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By Katie Sanders • February 13, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2013
Tom Fanning
Tom Fanning
stated on June 17, 2013 a hearing
Government subsidies for renewable energies such as wind and solar are 100 times greater than those given to gas and coal, and 50 times greater than what the nuclear industry enjoys.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 31, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on July 1, 2013 an email
Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 10, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 26, 2013 a news conference
"About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal."
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By Tom Feran • July 5, 2013
Tim Echols
Tim Echols
stated on May 13, 2013 a twitter post
There are about 120,000 solar energy jobs in the United States, but only 1,700 of them are in Georgia.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 22, 2013
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 23, 2012 a statement.
"The Agriculture Department estimates that roughly 42 percent of the corn crop will be used to make ethanol -- more than the amount of corn used to feed livestock and poultry in the United States."
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By Sean Gorman • December 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 9, 2012 a debate
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 16, 2012
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth
Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."
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By Sue Owen • September 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
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By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Gloria Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses
stated on July 18, 2012 a mailer
Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."
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By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2012
Freedom PAC
Freedom PAC
stated on April 30, 2012 a Web ad
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
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By Katie Sanders • May 9, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 an op-ed in POLITICO
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
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By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on April 12, 2012
Under President Barack Obama’s watch, "oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 24, 2012
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