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Statements about Environment
Janet Freedman

Janet Freedman

Mostly True

True for Newport, less so for Providence

Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."

Chris Larson

Chris Larson

Mostly False

"At least" is a stretch

A Republican-sponsored Wisconsin mining bill "will take at least seven years to create jobs."  

Jennette Gayer

Jennette Gayer

Mostly True

Not much hot air here.

"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."

Lee Leffingwell

Lee Leffingwell

Half-True

Eye-watering complexity

Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.

Kirk Watson

Kirk Watson

True

12-month period was even worse than 1956

Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.

John Kasich

John Kasich

Half-True

Farm runoff, particularly at one Ohio river, poses greater trouble

Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.

Environment New Jersey

Environment New Jersey

Mostly False

Katrina's the most destructive storm

"Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."

Pew Environment Group

Pew Environment Group

Mostly False

30 years ago is "recent"?

"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

True

Green industries are a gusher for U.S. jobs

"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  

Josh Mandel

Josh Mandel

False

Brown didn't vote yes and so-called plan doesn't even exist

Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

True

Claim is good ore, despite campaign lore

"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

False

Data "rigged;" China and Russia not in count

"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."

James Langevin

James Langevin

Half-True

Confusing cause and effect

"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

False

Not one year, not 'breaks,' not Fisker or Tesla ... it goes on

"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."

Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

Mostly False

Production? Yes. Proved, possibly recoverable reserves? No

"We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."

Jerry Patterson

Jerry Patterson

Half-True

Patterson wasn’t sued, but turtles seem fine

Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Bush law laid groundwork

"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."

Florida Wildlife Federation

Florida Wildlife Federation

True

Ohio governor is a believer

Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Broad emissions-cutting program embraced

Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

Distorts comments about coal and air pollution

Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists." 

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