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Search results for "Global growth in solar is the largest ever observed for any source"

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Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union speech:
"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."
By Amy Sherman• January 29, 2014
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2023 in a video:
A video proves that “our own government is acknowledging that they’re spraying the skies” with toxic chemicals.
By Jeff Cercone• April 20, 2023
Maurice Ferre stated on July 01, 2010 in an editorial board meeting:
"I think it is unacceptable for the Chinese today to be larger in wind power and in solar panels and photovoltaic manufacturing than all of Europe put together -- forget the United States."
By Trenton Daniel• July 23, 2010
Barack Obama stated on January 09, 2015 in a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.:
"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."
By Joshua Gillin• January 20, 2015
Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 16, 2021
Mike Huebsch stated on April 07, 2015 in testimony before a state Senate committee:
"The elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding."
By James B. Nelson• April 17, 2015
Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a video:
Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”
By Andy Nguyen• November 29, 2022
Glenn Grothman stated on February 03, 2022 in Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
By D.L. Davis• March 11, 2022
Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha:
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
By Eric Litke• June 6, 2018
Rachel Maddow stated on April 21, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
By Katie Sanders• April 24, 2014
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in his 2015 State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."  
By Lauren Carroll• January 21, 2015
Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a post:
"The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions."
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• April 3, 2024
Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2021 in an interview:
"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”
By Brandon Mulder• February 19, 2021
Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing:
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 29, 2021
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Charlie Crist stated on February 03, 2022 in Twitter:
“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
By Yacob Reyes• February 11, 2022
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 27, 2014 in a newspaper commentary:
"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
By Karen Lee Ziner• July 6, 2014
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
Joe Pitts stated on February 25, 2016 in in a Medium post.:
"More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014."
By Anna Orso• March 22, 2016
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:
2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy
By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 4, 2022

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