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Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
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By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 a web post
"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
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By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
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By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011
Vincent Barrella
Vincent Barrella
stated on August 22, 2011 a column published on NJ.com
"Point Pleasant Beach does not own its beaches; they are privately owned and operated by businesses such as Jenkinson’s"
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By Caryn Shinske • September 5, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
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By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
Online petition
Online petition
stated on April 8, 2011 an online petition
"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."
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By Richard Salit • April 15, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Free Market Florida
Free Market Florida
stated on March 1, 2011 a web video.
Says new EPA water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine Florida river systems.
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By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on March 3, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes."
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By Tom Feran • March 18, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on March 13, 2011 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 testimony to a House subcommittee
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
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By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing
"Twelve percent of the garbage collected in those SOLV cleanups, by volume, is plastic bags."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 26, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union speech
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.
"We've got to find 2 billion gallons (of water per day) between now and 2025."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 10, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 a video posted online
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
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By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
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By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Vernon Jones
Vernon Jones
stated on June 3, 2010 a candidate forum
"I have a record on the environment of creating green energy ... taking trash and turning it into cash."
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By Eric Stirgus • June 30, 2010
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