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Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release
California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.
False
By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017
Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt
stated on March 9, 2017 an interview on CNBC
Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017
LearnProgress.org
LearnProgress.org
stated on February 8, 2017 a headline
Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."
False
By Joshua Gillin • February 16, 2017
Consumers for Smart Solar
Consumers for Smart Solar
stated on October 19, 2016 a web ad
"Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs."
False
By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016
Basil Seggos
Basil Seggos
stated on September 7, 2016 a response at a legislative hearing on water quality and contamination
"No fracking waste is being dumped in New York State"
False
By Dan Clark • October 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech in Roanoke, Va.
Says Hillary Clinton’s energy agenda "will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion"
False
By Linda Qiu • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit
"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech
"ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2016
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video
"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."
False
By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 6, 2015 Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administration’s Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year."
False
By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR
"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."
False
By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015
Israel O'Quinn
Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.
On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015
Mike Huebsch
Mike Huebsch
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before a state Senate committee
"The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2015 a post on his U.S. Senate website
The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 a news release.
President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015
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