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Watts Up With That stated on January 31, 2022 in a blog post:

“Facebook is spamming all climate articles by misleading readers about” the accuracy of climate models.

By Jon Greenberg• February 4, 2022

Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers":

"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."

By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2015

Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:

Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.

By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2011

Mark Pocan stated on January 16, 2014 in a speech:

As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."

By James B. Nelson• February 17, 2014

Jim Bridenstine stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:

"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."

By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2013

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."

By John Kruzel• February 19, 2019

Jared Moskowitz stated on September 19, 2024 in a House hearing:

“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service.

By Amy Sherman• September 26, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.

By Grace Abels• August 3, 2022

John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:

"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."

By Catharine Richert• September 2, 2009

Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:

Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."

By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2013

Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."

By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2014

General Beauregard Lee stated on February 02, 2011 in his website:

Says he predicts the weather better than Punxsutawney Phil.

By Willoughby Mariano• February 4, 2011

Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 13, 2025 in an Instagram post:

California wildfires have “nothing to do with climate change.”

By Caleb McCullough• January 21, 2025

Alex Epstein stated on May 05, 2023 in a post:

A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”

By Andy Nguyen• May 31, 2023

Barry Smitherman stated on November 17, 2013 in :

"The Earth is not warming."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 13, 2013

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on October 07, 2024 in a post on X:

Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.

By Madison Czopek• October 10, 2024

Cato Institute stated on April 01, 2009 in a political advertisement.:

"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."

By Robert Farley• April 1, 2009

Donald Trump stated on September 04, 2019 in a tweet:

Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.

By Amy Sherman• September 5, 2019

Rebuild by Design stated on March 01, 2023 in a report:

“Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.”

By Cameron Carr• March 29, 2023

Charlie Kirk stated on October 03, 2022 in a video:

For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 25, 2022

What do we know about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Harvey?

By Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2017

NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work?

By Loreben Tuquero• March 26, 2025

How much do we know about climate change and hurricanes?

By Manuela Tobias• September 12, 2017

What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?

By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2021

Kilimanjaro’s ice fields didn’t disappear by 2020. That doesn’t mean climate change isn’t happening

By Madison Czopek• February 7, 2022

The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it?

By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019

Is a second wave of coronavirus coming?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Is Florida’s current COVID-19 case spike a result of seasonality?

By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2021

How climate change is making wildfires worse

By Sara Swann• June 9, 2023

Mailbag: Presidential campaign edition

By Louis Jacobson• April 3, 2015

DeSantis said Florida’s drought could bring a quieter hurricane season. Is that true?

By Samantha Putterman• April 27, 2026

What is generative AI and why is it suddenly everywhere? Here’s how it works

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone• June 19, 2023

Climate scientists reject Trump’s prediction 'It’ll start getting cooler' in California

By Chris Nichols• September 14, 2020

Your guide to the cap-and-trade estimates

By Catharine Richert• June 25, 2009

How well do you understand AI? Here are 7 terms to know

By Loreben Tuquero• August 10, 2023

Ron DeSantis dismisses climate change link to stronger hurricanes. Here’s what the science says.

By Samantha Putterman• October 17, 2024

RFK Jr.'s 'chemtrails' probe shows the power conspiracy theories have to shape health policy

By Stephanie Armour• October 20, 2025

Fact-checking claims about the 'polar vortex'

By Julie Kliegman• January 8, 2014

Will the coronavirus wilt in summer heat? Maybe, but don’t count on it

By Samantha Putterman• March 30, 2020

10 fact-checks of Rush Limbaugh, Medal of Freedom winner

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 5, 2020

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