Latest False Fact-checks in Climate Change Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs." Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Greta Thunberg posing next to George Soros and with ISIS. Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows that climate change protesters left trash all over their protest side. Kamala Harris stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall: Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. Viral image stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward." Viral image stated on July 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt. Viral image stated on May 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977. Rick Scott stated on February 25, 2019 in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel." Rush Limbaugh stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview: "Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true." Danielle Pletka stated on November 25, 2018 in in a panel discussion: "We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that." AmericanNews.com stated on November 8, 2017 in a headline: "BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica." Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in." Gus Bilirakis stated on June 13, 2017 in an email: "A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration." Sarah Palin stated on June 6, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement. Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2017 in a speech at the White House: "China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement." Rick Santorum stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up." Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.: "...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun." Scott Pruitt stated on March 9, 2017 in an interview on CNBC: Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see." LearnProgress.org stated on February 8, 2017 in a headline: Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it." World Food Program stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet: "Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions. Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a forum at Huston-Tillotson University: Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise." Ron Johnson stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview: "The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real." Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Marco Rubio stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation: "I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy." Mike Huebsch stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before a state Senate committee: "The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."
Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs." Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Greta Thunberg posing next to George Soros and with ISIS. Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household." Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows that climate change protesters left trash all over their protest side. Kamala Harris stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall: Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. Viral image stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward." Viral image stated on July 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt. Viral image stated on May 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977. Rick Scott stated on February 25, 2019 in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel." Rush Limbaugh stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview: "Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true." Danielle Pletka stated on November 25, 2018 in in a panel discussion: "We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that." AmericanNews.com stated on November 8, 2017 in a headline: "BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica." Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in." Gus Bilirakis stated on June 13, 2017 in an email: "A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration." Sarah Palin stated on June 6, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement. Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2017 in a speech at the White House: "China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement." Rick Santorum stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up." Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.: "...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun." Scott Pruitt stated on March 9, 2017 in an interview on CNBC: Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see." LearnProgress.org stated on February 8, 2017 in a headline: Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it." World Food Program stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet: "Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions. Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a forum at Huston-Tillotson University: Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise." Ron Johnson stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview: "The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real." Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Marco Rubio stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation: "I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy." Mike Huebsch stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before a state Senate committee: "The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."
Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Greta Thunberg posing next to George Soros and with ISIS.
Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows that climate change protesters left trash all over their protest side.
Kamala Harris stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall: Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.
Viral image stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."
Viral image stated on July 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that ice melting in a cup illustrates that sea levels don’t rise when icebergs melt.
Viral image stated on May 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977.
Rick Scott stated on February 25, 2019 in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview: "Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."
Danielle Pletka stated on November 25, 2018 in in a panel discussion: "We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
AmericanNews.com stated on November 8, 2017 in a headline: "BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica."
Rick Perry stated on June 19, 2017 in an interview: "Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."
Gus Bilirakis stated on June 13, 2017 in an email: "A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration."
Sarah Palin stated on June 6, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.
Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2017 in a speech at the White House: "China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."
Rick Santorum stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.: "...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."
Scott Pruitt stated on March 9, 2017 in an interview on CNBC: Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."
LearnProgress.org stated on February 8, 2017 in a headline: Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."
World Food Program stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet: "Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.
Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a forum at Huston-Tillotson University: Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."
Ron Johnson stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview: "The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
Ted Cruz stated on December 8, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
Marco Rubio stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation: "I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy."
Mike Huebsch stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before a state Senate committee: "The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."