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Statements about Environment
Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

False

According to a now-outdated study

Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."

Oregon Environmental Council- Oregon Business Association

Oregon Environmental Council- Oregon Business Association

Half-True

But it's fair to say Natural Resources has been hit hard

In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.

Penny Bernard Schaber

Penny Bernard Schaber

Mostly False

Acreage much less

A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

True

Don't cry over it

Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.

Robert Hagan

Robert Hagan

Half-True

Quake link to Kasich more than shaky

"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"

James Florio

James Florio

Mostly True

Nothing fishy about claim

"Many types of fish and shellfish from waters across the state are labeled unsafe to eat." 

Rob Cornilles

Rob Cornilles

Mostly True

If Democrats are split, is this qua-partisan?

The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.

Restore Our Future

Restore Our Future

Pants on Fire!

Distortion after distortion

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Mostly True

Listed, not cited, but not clear why

The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.

Kelda Helen Roys

Kelda Helen Roys

False

Only if you take the (very) long way

Says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is "15 hours away" from where public hearing on mining was held.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Mostly False

Oil rarely used to generate power.

"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."

Make Us Great Again

Make Us Great Again

True

Partners in video

Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.

Richard Franklin III

Richard Franklin III

Mostly False

Landfill’s more like 100 feet tall

Says a trash mound on U.S. 290 is 800 feet tall.

Restore Our Future

Restore Our Future

True

There's video evidence

Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."

Michael Chippendale

Michael Chippendale

False

Something smells wrong here.

"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

True

Few attacks worldwide, even fewer deaths

Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states.

Jon Huntsman

Jon Huntsman

Mostly False

Not by most measures

"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."

Curtis Foltz

Curtis Foltz

Half-True

Facts muddy the waters

"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

False

Except when he did favor it

"I never favored cap and trade."

Josh Mandel

Josh Mandel

Pants on Fire!

Fringe element includes local leaders and a college president

Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."

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