Latest Fact-checks in Energy 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 U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.” Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” U.S. Energy Department stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post: “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook: Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration. Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’” Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’” Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Doug Burgum stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention: Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity. Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars." Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.” Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Ted Cruz stated on November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC: “We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.” Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years. One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.” Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas". Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.” Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas". Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Nikki Haley stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California: “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
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U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.” Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.” Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” U.S. Energy Department stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post: “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.” Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook: Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration. Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’” Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’” Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Doug Burgum stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention: Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity. Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars." Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.” Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” Ted Cruz stated on November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC: “We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.” Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years. One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.” Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas". Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.” Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas". Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Nikki Haley stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California: “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 5, 2025 in a post on X: “Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting: China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
U.S. Energy Department stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post: “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”
Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook: Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration.
Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2024 in Rally: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills.
X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.
Climate Power stated on October 18, 2024 in Organization email: Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
Dave McCormick stated on August 8, 2024 in an X post: “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
Doug Burgum stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention: Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad: "EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."
Americans for Prosperity stated on December 4, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Ted Cruz stated on November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC: “We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”
Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.
One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition: Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas".
Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.”
Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas".
Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Nikki Haley stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California: “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
