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Rick Perry
stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:

"Texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2010

Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 in a debate.:

Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010

Bob McDonnell
stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union:

"Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010

Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 in an op-ed in the 'Washington Post':

"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.

By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009

Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":

Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009

Edward Markey
stated on June 20, 2009 in 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."

By Catharine Richert • June 25, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on June 10, 2009 in MSNBC interview.:

Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"

By Catharine Richert • June 11, 2009

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 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

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 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 June 25, 2008 in a Web ad.:

Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.

By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.:

"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."

By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:

"We send a billion dollars to foreign countries every day because of our addiction to foreign oil."

By Dina Cappiello • February 22, 2008

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.:

"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."

By Tom Tobin • January 25, 2008

Mitt Romney
stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.:

"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."

By John Frank • January 15, 2008

Bill Richardson
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."

By Asjylyn Loder • January 6, 2008

Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:

"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."

By Amy Hollyfield • November 15, 2007

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