Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 10, 2023 a TV segment
“The White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes • January 12, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 30, 2022 a post
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 13, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 26, 2022 a tweet
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
True
By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2022 a photo
“There are no greenhouse gas emissions in this photo” of cows grazing.
False
November 7, 2022
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on October 3, 2022 a video
For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”
False
October 25, 2022
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 31, 2022 a Facebook ad
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Mostly False
By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden • October 25, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 25, 2022 a post
"In Germany, millions of solar panels are blanketed in snow and 30,000 wind turbines are sitting idle because there’s no wind.”
False
October 12, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 10, 2022 a debate
“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2022
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 23, 2022 a tweet
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • October 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 2, 2022 an interview with CNN
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2022 a Facebook post
"The true meaning of Hurricane," or Her-ricane, is the spirit of "the African woman who has been stolen."
False
By Yacob Reyes • September 29, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 a post
“All weather is artificially controlled.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 29, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2022 Twitter
"Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 12, 2022 TikTok video in Instagram post
"Russia is becoming the first country to break ties with the Antarctic Treaty."
Pants on Fire!
September 14, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 a tweet
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 30, 2022 Instagram post
"Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons."
False
August 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 Facebook post
Another continent may exist beneath Antarctica, which is also home to homicidal sea creature of unknown origin
Pants on Fire!
August 30, 2022
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on August 14, 2022 a campaign event
"We also know (the Sierra Club) paid for those reporters" at the Palm Beach Post.
Pants on Fire!
By Yacob Reyes • August 19, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 13, 2022 Twitter
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
True
By Laura Schulte • August 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2022 a Facebook post
"Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car."
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 15, 2022
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