Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Environment 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." Tim Canova stated on July 9, 2016 in a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups." Harry Reid stated on July 11, 2016 in remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero." Bonnie Reiss stated on June 8, 2016 in a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history." 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." Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking." Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint." Ted Cruz stated on February 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land. George Will stated on November 30, 2015 in a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country." Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Ron Bergeron stated on September 2, 2015 in a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Gus Bilirakis stated on June 24, 2015 in a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005." Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Joni Ernst stated on January 20, 2015 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline. Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 13, 2014 in in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea." Jerry Brown stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Dan Kaufman stated on March 29, 2014 in an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste." Mark Begich stated on March 20, 2014 in a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Louise Slaughter stated on October 9, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock." Rick Scott stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators: "Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements." Cynthia Lummis stated on August 23, 2013 in a radio interview: Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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." Tim Canova stated on July 9, 2016 in a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups." Harry Reid stated on July 11, 2016 in remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero." Bonnie Reiss stated on June 8, 2016 in a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history." 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." Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking." Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint." Ted Cruz stated on February 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land. George Will stated on November 30, 2015 in a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country." Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Ron Bergeron stated on September 2, 2015 in a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Gus Bilirakis stated on June 24, 2015 in a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005." Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Joni Ernst stated on January 20, 2015 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline. Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 13, 2014 in in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea." Jerry Brown stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Dan Kaufman stated on March 29, 2014 in an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste." Mark Begich stated on March 20, 2014 in a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Louise Slaughter stated on October 9, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock." Rick Scott stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators: "Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements." Cynthia Lummis stated on August 23, 2013 in a radio interview: Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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."
Tim Canova stated on July 9, 2016 in a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups."
Harry Reid stated on July 11, 2016 in remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."
Bonnie Reiss stated on June 8, 2016 in a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history."
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."
Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."
Ted Cruz stated on February 18, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.
George Will stated on November 30, 2015 in a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Ron Bergeron stated on September 2, 2015 in a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida."
Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Gus Bilirakis stated on June 24, 2015 in a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Joni Ernst stated on January 20, 2015 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 13, 2014 in in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Jerry Brown stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Dan Kaufman stated on March 29, 2014 in an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste."
Mark Begich stated on March 20, 2014 in a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Louise Slaughter stated on October 9, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
Rick Scott stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators: "Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
Cynthia Lummis stated on August 23, 2013 in a radio interview: Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."