Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN climate town hall:

Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.

By Chris Nichols • 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."

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 6, 2019

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stated on July 31, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 12, 2019

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stated on May 20, 2019 a Facebook post:

"How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 23, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed:

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 17, 2019 in an interview:

"Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."

By John Kruzel • February 19, 2019

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."

By John Kruzel • November 28, 2018

AmericanNews.com
stated on November 8, 2017 a headline:

"BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica."

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2017

Rick Perry
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview:

"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."

By John Kruzel • June 22, 2017

Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 13, 2017 an email:

"A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration."

By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2017

Sarah Palin
stated on June 6, 2017 a Facebook post:

Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.

By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2017 a speech at the White House:

"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."

By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2017

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."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Scott Wagner
stated on March 28, 2017 in a State Impact article.:

"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."

By Anna Orso • March 31, 2017

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."

By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017

LearnProgress.org
stated on February 8, 2017 a headline:

Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."

By Joshua Gillin • February 16, 2017

World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 a tweet:

"Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017

Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a forum at Huston-Tillotson University:

Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."

By Dylan Baddour • November 23, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview:

"The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."

By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Florida:

"The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing."

By Linda Qiu • March 10, 2016

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