Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Climate Change Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.” Rebuild by Design stated on March 1, 2023 in a report: “Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.” Alex Epstein stated on January 31, 2023 in a Fox Business segment: “The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.” Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin. Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” Joe Cunningham stated on October 16, 2020 in a website post: "Nancy Mace denies climate change." Jan Schakowsky stated on February 12, 2020 in 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.” Tammy Baldwin stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet: “Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.” Michael Bloomberg stated on December 15, 2019 in a speech: "We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." Sean Casten stated on August 18, 2019 in 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." Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today." Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years." Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington." Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils." Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post: Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average. Al Gore stated on June 4, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "70 percent of Florida is in drought today." Kevin de León stated on May 31, 2017 in a speech: Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation." Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address: "One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people." George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections." Jerry Brown stated on December 14, 2016 in a speech: "California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas." Tim Kaine stated on September 18, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't." Duane Hall stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese." Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position." Hillary Clinton stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt." Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
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Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.” Rebuild by Design stated on March 1, 2023 in a report: “Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.” Alex Epstein stated on January 31, 2023 in a Fox Business segment: “The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.” Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin. Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.” Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” Joe Cunningham stated on October 16, 2020 in a website post: "Nancy Mace denies climate change." Jan Schakowsky stated on February 12, 2020 in 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.” Tammy Baldwin stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet: “Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.” Michael Bloomberg stated on December 15, 2019 in a speech: "We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." Sean Casten stated on August 18, 2019 in 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." Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it." Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today." Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years." Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington." Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils." Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post: Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average. Al Gore stated on June 4, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "70 percent of Florida is in drought today." Kevin de León stated on May 31, 2017 in a speech: Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation." Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address: "One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people." George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections." Jerry Brown stated on December 14, 2016 in a speech: "California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas." Tim Kaine stated on September 18, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't." Duane Hall stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese." Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position." Hillary Clinton stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt." Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
Rebuild by Design stated on March 1, 2023 in a report: “Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.”
Alex Epstein stated on January 31, 2023 in a Fox Business segment: “The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”
Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”
Jan Schakowsky stated on February 12, 2020 in 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.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet: “Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
Michael Bloomberg stated on December 15, 2019 in a speech: "We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country."
Sean Casten stated on August 18, 2019 in 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."
Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."
Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."
Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils."
Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post: Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.
Al Gore stated on June 4, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
Kevin de León stated on May 31, 2017 in a speech: Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."
Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address: "One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."
George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Jerry Brown stated on December 14, 2016 in a speech: "California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."
Tim Kaine stated on September 18, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."
Duane Hall stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."
Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."
Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
