Latest Fact-Checks In Climate Change

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stated on May 9, 2020 a Facebook post
The United Nations’ “new world order” agenda will create one world government with one world military and the end of national sovereignty.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • July 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 White House Rose Garden
Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”
False
By Sophie Austin • July 17, 2020
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on February 12, 2020 committee hearing remarks
“We’ve also seen in the time that he’s (Donald Trump) been president, an increase in carbon emissions going absolutely in the wrong way.”
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 16, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 a tweet
“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2019 a Facebook post
"That’s 5,615 projected coal-powered plants in just 8 countries. The USA has 15 - building 0 more."  
False
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on December 15, 2019 a speech
"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 a Facebook post
"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
False
January 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 a campaign ad
California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 a policy white paper
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 26, 2019 an email
Candidates who are supporting the Green New Deal are "promoting abortion in third world countries to control the population!"    
Mostly False
November 1, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 25, 2019 an ad on Facebook
Say Sen. Lindsey Graham supports the Green New Deal.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Greta Thunberg posing next to George Soros and with ISIS.
False
By Daniel Funke • September 27, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet
The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows that climate change protesters left trash all over their protest side.
False
By Daniel Funke • September 24, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN climate town hall
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
False
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
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Viral image
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."
False
September 6, 2019
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 18, 2019 a campaign email
"Most climate scientists agree that we only have less than a decade to turn things around or else we’ll be stuck with a 'worst case scenario' including rising sea levels, devastating droughts, and worsening famines."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2019
Allen Frances
Allen Frances
stated on August 25, 2019 remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources"
"Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2019
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