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Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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stated on September 8, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2021
Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg
stated on September 3, 2021 an column in the Wall Street Journal:
“The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 9, 2021
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 remarks at a press conference:
Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2021 an image:
“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on July 20, 2021 a tweet:
Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2021
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stated on July 17, 2021 a Facebook post:
A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 10, 2021 a post:
Carbon dioxide “is not a problem. The Earth has more than enough land and ocean plant life to metabolize it.”
False
By Monique Curet • July 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2021 a Facebook post:
“California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”
False
By Sasha Hupka • July 2, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2021 an Instagram post:
Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 7, 2021 an op-ed:
The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 9, 2021
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stated on April 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years."
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • May 11, 2021
Survival International
Survival International
stated on April 22, 2021 a website press release:
With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 7, 2021
Ben Cline
Ben Cline
stated on April 22, 2021 a floor speech.:
The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 5, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on April 28, 2021 a Fox News appearance:
Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 29, 2021
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on April 23, 2021 a TV graphic:
"Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 21, 2021 an Instagram video:
“Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2021 a Facebook post:
Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2021
Citizens United
Citizens United
stated on March 31, 2021 a tweet:
Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2021
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on March 18, 2021 a House hearing:
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 29, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on March 14, 2021 an interview on Fox News:
“Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2021
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