Latest False Fact-checks in Environment Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car." Instagram posts stated on June 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them. Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone." Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions." Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising. Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.: “CO2 is not a pollutant.” Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated." Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2022 in an article: "Bill Gates hatches 'horribly stupid' plan to block out the sun" Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam. Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone." Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post: Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams. Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf. Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!" Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.” Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a “lithium mine for hybrid cars.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says photos show a “boneyard” of electric cars abandoned in France because the cars’ batteries were too expensive to replace. Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.” Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Image of expansive pit shows a lithium mine. Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.” Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2020 in a post: “The Green New Deal would require that 99% of homes in the country be torn down and rebuilt more ‘energy efficient’ over a ten year period.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.
Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car." Instagram posts stated on June 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them. Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone." Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions." Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising. Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.: “CO2 is not a pollutant.” Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated." Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2022 in an article: "Bill Gates hatches 'horribly stupid' plan to block out the sun" Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam. Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone." Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post: Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams. Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf. Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!" Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.” Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a “lithium mine for hybrid cars.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says photos show a “boneyard” of electric cars abandoned in France because the cars’ batteries were too expensive to replace. Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.” Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Image of expansive pit shows a lithium mine. Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.” Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2020 in a post: “The Green New Deal would require that 99% of homes in the country be torn down and rebuilt more ‘energy efficient’ over a ten year period.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.
Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons."
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car."
Instagram posts stated on June 9, 2022 in an Instagram post: Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.
Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn."
Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: "If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.: “CO2 is not a pollutant.”
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated."
Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2022 in an article: "Bill Gates hatches 'horribly stupid' plan to block out the sun"
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019.
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post: Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams.
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf.
Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2021 in social media posts: “Were you aware the $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure package includes an animal agriculture tax of $2,600‼️ per head of cattle? $500 for swine!!!"
Jill Karofsky stated on July 8, 2021 in Legal opinion: “A farm with 2,500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people.”
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg."
Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a “lithium mine for hybrid cars.”
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says photos show a “boneyard” of electric cars abandoned in France because the cars’ batteries were too expensive to replace.
Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.”
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”
Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Image of expansive pit shows a lithium mine.
Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview: “Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”
Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2020 in a post: “The Green New Deal would require that 99% of homes in the country be torn down and rebuilt more ‘energy efficient’ over a ten year period.”
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.