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Russ Girling
Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 6, 2014 a campaign ad
"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 8, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie "Crist made it easier for Duke to take your money."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad
"What (the Obama administration is) going to come out with in the next several months is you're not even going to be able to burn coal very limitedly in the existing plants."
False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad
When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 an op-ed for "USA Today"
"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014
Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America
stated on June 14, 2014 a documentary
The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.  
False
By James B. Nelson • June 23, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
False
By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
James O'Neil
James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference."
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 an interview with the 'New York Times'
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 a news conference.
Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on August 21, 2012 website posting.
"This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress."
False
By Nancy Madsen • August 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on June 2, 2012 rally for coal miners
"(Environmentalists) said ‘We’re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.’ ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet."
False
By Tom Humphrey • June 30, 2012
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