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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 29, 2009 his radio show
On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • July 9, 2009
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 26, 2009 weekly Senate Republican radio address
There are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in Alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, but Democrats "say all this American energy is off limits."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • June 4, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 10, 2008 Virginia
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver
McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."
Mostly False
By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on August 26, 2008 a statement on the RNC Web site
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2008 a television ad
John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television ad
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 2, 2008 a speech at a Democratic Party dinner
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Mostly False
May 6, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 a Web video.
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 10, 2008 a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
Mostly False
April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 11, 2008 a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Mostly False
March 12, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 28, 2008 West Palm Beach, Fla.
"Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mostly False
January 28, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Asjylyn Loder • January 10, 2008
Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel
stated on September 26, 2007 a debate in Hanover, N.H.
"If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation — the entire nation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2007
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