Latest Fact-Checks In Environment

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Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 20, 2010 remarks to reporters.
House Republicans who complained they didn't have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling "shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling."
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By Aaron Sharockman • July 21, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
Says Texas has one state inspector for every 4,500 oil and gas wells.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 15, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Progress Florida
Progress Florida
stated on May 3, 2010 a press release.
"Incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon and incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off Florida's coast."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 4, 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."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 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.
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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."
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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
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."
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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.
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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."
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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."
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By John Frank • October 1, 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."
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By Bill Adair • June 17, 2008
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