Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 16, 2010 a press release
"Texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries."
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March 6, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate.
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 27, 2010 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."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 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.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book "Going Rogue"
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 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."
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By Catharine Richert • June 25, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 10, 2009 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.'"
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By Catharine Richert • June 11, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 Dayton, Ohio
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
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By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 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."
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By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 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."
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By Alexander Lane • August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008 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."
True
August 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 a Web ad.
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
True
By Bill Adair • June 27, 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
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
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
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
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on January 5, 2008 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."
True
By Asjylyn Loder • January 6, 2008
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 15, 2007 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."
True
November 15, 2007
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