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More Perfect Union
stated on January 8, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."

By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
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.’”

By Madeline Heim • October 30, 2024
Jon Tester
stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X:

“In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2024
X posts
stated on September 29, 2024 in X posts:

A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Activistas de Just Stop Oil "han rociado con pintura naranja el avión de Taylor Swift, en el aeródromo privado de Stansted, en el Reino Unido".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • July 3, 2024
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad:

"EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."

By Sophia Voight • May 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Foto muestra “El océano Atlántico y el pacífico frente a frente sin mezclarse”.

By Maria Briceño • April 29, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video compilation shows a tornado and storms in Dubai on April 17.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 23, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows a mine for “lithium for electric cars.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 23, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2024 in Facebook posts:

The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 16, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 31, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“ULEZ protesters covering cameras with bat boxes. Authorities not allowed to remove under their own law.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 15, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A study that found sunbathing can increase the risk of heart disease is a cover-up for the “side-effects of the vax.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 26, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

En NASA estaban “investigando el mar y dejaron de investigarlo y se fueron para el espacio”.

By Maria Briceño • February 21, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2024 in a post:

Zombie deer virus is sweeping across 32 states after more than 100 million American wildlife animals were vaccinated by Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation.

By Sofia Ahmed • January 11, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2023 in a video:

A river in Russia turned red in a biblical omen or divine “retribution.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 13, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”.

By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on September 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

New York City is spraying unsafe pesticides to combat West Nile virus.

By Jeff Cercone • September 29, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on September 9, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”

By Jeff Cercone • September 12, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 30, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.

By Jeff Cercone • September 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:

FEMA and Red Cross are “confiscating” donations meant for Hawaii wildfire victims.

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on August 9, 2023 in an interview with the Weather Channel:

“I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”

By Madison Czopek • August 15, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”

By Madison Czopek • July 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"The sand storm headed our way is an attempt by Bill Gates to block out the sun.”

By Jeff Cercone • July 13, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.

By Grace Abels • June 28, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech:

"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 22, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 7, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years."

By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 in a post:

“Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 10, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"NASA just announced a 100-foot-wide fissure-crack just opened up Yellowstone volcano in 24 hours.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2023 in a post:

“The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 7, 2023

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