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Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue

Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."

November 16, 2009

PlantsNeedCO2.org
stated on October 5, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post

"Not only is there no scientific evidence that CO2 is a pollutant, higher CO2 concentrations actually help ecosystems support more plant and animal life."

By Catharine Richert • October 7, 2009

Barney Bishop
stated on August 26, 2009 a press release

"There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009

Lamar Alexander
stated on September 16, 2009 a press release

The Obama administration's cap-and-trade plan would create "a $1,761 yearly energy tax."

By Catharine Richert • September 18, 2009

Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 an editorial

"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."

By Catharine Richert • September 3, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2009 a newspaper interview

"We import more oil today than ever before."

By Catharine Richert • July 8, 2009

Sarah Palin
stated on June 8, 2009 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox

Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska."

June 11, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.

"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."

October 7, 2008

Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis, Mo.

"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."

By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008

John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.

"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."

By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 Lansing, MI

Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.

By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 a town hall in Berea, Ohio.

Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."

By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2008 a news release

John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008

John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 a TV ad

"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"

By Alexander Lane • July 21, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 the campaign's energy plan.

The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."

By Shawn Zeller • July 11, 2008

John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 Houston, Texas

"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."

June 19, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2008 Indianapolis

"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008

Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad

Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.

Americans "have never paid more for gas at the pump."

By Bill Adair • February 11, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 debate in Las Vegas

"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."

January 16, 2008

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