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Search results for "Canadian oil and gas is largely foreign-owned, largely U.S.-owned"

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Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in social media posts:
The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.
By Louis Jacobson• August 23, 2021
Barack Obama stated on November 14, 2014 in a press conference in Burma:
Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
By Lauren Carroll• November 20, 2014
Jeb Bush stated on March 21, 2014 in public remarks:
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
By Amy Sherman• March 26, 2014
Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Gas in Canada is $9.00 a gallon.”
By Bill McCarthy• June 22, 2022
Dave McCormick stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad:
Sen. Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.”
By Caleb McCullough• August 28, 2024
American Energy Alliance stated on March 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 19, 2012
Sarah Palin stated on October 02, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo.:
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
By Alexander Lane• October 3, 2008
Ron Johnson stated on October 10, 2009 in a speech at a tea party rally in Oshkosh:
"Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work."
By Dave Umhoefer• September 3, 2010
Barack Obama stated on March 19, 2009 in remaks made at an electric car testing center:
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 19, 2009
Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:
“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
By Sara Swann• May 6, 2022
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
By Kelly Smits• July 21, 2022
Chris Coons stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Keystone means unlocking the Canadian tar sands."
By Lauren Carroll• January 11, 2015
Jon Huntsman stated on November 01, 2011 in a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire:
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
By John Gregg• November 8, 2011
Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Putin JUST SHUTDOWN All Oil To The US, Collapsing The US Economy!”
By Samantha Putterman• May 3, 2023
Barry Hinckley stated on March 12, 2012 in a news release:
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
By Edward Fitzpatrick• March 18, 2012
Sherrod Brown stated on February 02, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
By Jon Greenberg• February 8, 2017
Sarah Palin stated on September 06, 2008 in a radio address:
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
By Alexander Lane• September 15, 2008
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012
Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2022 in Facebook posts:
A BP oil executive named Brice Cromwell blamed the Biden administration for high gas prices.
By Gabrielle Settles• June 7, 2022
Farouk Shami stated on February 09, 2010 in a press release:
"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 22, 2010

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By Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2022

Russia’s economy and Western sanctions: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2022

Fact-checking the Jan. 4 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• January 4, 2015

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 4 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• January 4, 2015

Obama's promise: reduce dependence on foreign oil

By Becky Bowers• November 29, 2012

Truth-squading the Senate debate

By Warren Fiske• December 13, 2011

Donald Trump's dubious attack on U.S.-Canada trade

By Louis Jacobson• February 27, 2018

How many oil and gas jobs are there in West Virginia? It's surprisingly hard to say

By Stephanie Alvaro, Jensen Mills• April 5, 2019

10 photos falsely linked to Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests

By Luiz Romero• February 14, 2022

Florida Sen. Rick Scott blames Venezuela’s collapse on socialism, but is that the real culprit?

By Amy Sherman• January 25, 2019

Fact-checking the Jan. 11 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 11 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

McCain's drilling won't dent gas prices

By Robert Farley• June 19, 2008

Fact-checking donations to the Clinton Foundation

By Jon Greenberg• July 7, 2016

Ask PolitiFact: Does the Chinese Communist Party own U.S. land?

By Loreben Tuquero• March 15, 2023

Palin's pipeline - less than meets the eye

By Alexander Lane• September 15, 2008

Can President-elect Donald Trump enact tariffs without Congress? And can anyone stop him?

By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• July 14, 2022

How Iran and the United States came to the brink

By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2020

Fact-checking the 2015 State of the Union and GOP Response

By Bill Adair, Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2015