Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Bloggers
stated on June 5, 2018 in a blog post

"New law (in California) makes it illegal to shower and do laundry on same day"

By Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2018

Ryan Zinke
stated on March 13, 2018 testimony before a Senate committee

A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2018

Andrew Gillum
stated on September 29, 2017 a post on Gillum's campaign website

"Under his leadership, Tallahassee reduced its carbon intensity by roughly 40 percent."

By Allison Graves • October 12, 2017

Billy Richardson
stated on August 31, 2017 on the House floor

North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.

By Paul Specht • September 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

Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing

"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."

June 8, 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

Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 her Senate confirmation hearing

"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."

By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate

"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."

By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016

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"

By Dan Clark • October 1, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview

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

August 12, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video

"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016

Chris Larson
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech

Says Chris Abele "has had five years and he’s done nothing" about the Estabrook Dam.

By James B. Nelson • April 1, 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

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

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."

By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016

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."

By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015

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."

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015

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."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

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