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Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 19, 2010 a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail:
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue:
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
PlantsNeedCO2.org
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."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 7, 2009
Barney Bishop
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."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2009
Lamar Alexander
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."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 18, 2009
Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
stated on September 2, 2009 an editorial:
"Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans."
False
By Catharine Richert • September 3, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2009 a newspaper interview:
"We import more oil today than ever before."
False
By Catharine Richert • July 8, 2009
Sarah Palin
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."
False
By Robert Farley • June 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."
False
By Robert Farley • October 7, 2008
Sarah Palin
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."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.:
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 Lansing, MI:
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
False
By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008
Barack Obama
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."
False
By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
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."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008
John McCain
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!"
False
By Alexander Lane • July 21, 2008
Barack Obama
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."
False
By Shawn Zeller • July 11, 2008
John McCain
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."
False
By Robert Farley • June 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
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."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad:
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
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