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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet
The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN climate town hall
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
False
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 4, 2019 a town hall
The Green New Deal "would do away with commercial air travel."
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
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stated on August 19, 2019 a Facebook post
"When two large whales do the nasty there’s sometimes this one bro who just sort of holds them up so they don’t float off."
False
September 6, 2019
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stated on September 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."
False
September 6, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
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stated on May 20, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo of a park covered in trash was left behind by "environmentalists" after an Earth Day celebration in California.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 21, 2019
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stated on May 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019
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stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
"The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
False
April 2, 2019
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stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post
"President Trump signed legislation to clean up millions of tons of trash from our oceans and lakes last week."
False
March 27, 2019
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 a speech
"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."  
False
March 12, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed
The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet
California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2019
Danielle Pletka
Danielle Pletka
stated on November 25, 2018 in a panel discussion
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
False
By John Kruzel • November 28, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2018 a tweet
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 12, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 13, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Joe Manchin "supported Obama and Clinton's campaigns to kill coal jobs."
False
By Joseph Kennedy • November 5, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2018 a blog post
"Intensifying Hurricane Willa headed directly toward 10,000 migrant caravan path."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet
"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2018
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