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Rush Limbaugh stated on January 06, 2014 in comments on his radio show:

Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."

By Katie Sanders• January 8, 2014

Viral image stated on July 23, 2021 in Facebook:

Photo shows the place where “the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean face each other without mixing.”

By Kelsey Sena Tamakloe• July 29, 2021

Instagram posts stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.

By Tom Kertscher• February 8, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"The sand storm headed our way is an attempt by Bill Gates to block out the sun.”

By Jeff Cercone• July 13, 2023

Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post:

Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2018

Joe Cunningham stated on March 07, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:

"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.

By Jon Greenberg• March 15, 2019

Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."

By Andy Nguyen• July 27, 2022

TikTok posts stated on August 01, 2021 in a TikTok post:

"Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO."

By Bill McCarthy• August 27, 2021

Facebook posts stated on December 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”

By Miriam Valverde• December 10, 2020

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."

By Will Doran• September 9, 2016

Rush Limbaugh stated on October 05, 2016 in a radio show broadcast:

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

By Allison Graves• October 7, 2016

Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview:

"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."

By John Kruzel• March 21, 2019

Instagram posts stated on October 10, 2024 in a post:

“Hurricane Nadine” was on a path to hit Florida on Oct. 10.

By Sara Swann• October 12, 2024

House Natural Resources Committee Republicans stated on April 05, 2010 in a news release posted on his website.:

"Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling."

By Catharine Richert• April 23, 2010

Joe Biden stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech:

"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa• June 22, 2023

Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:

"The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic."

By Marta Campabadal Graus• December 4, 2024

Raymond Bateman stated on April 09, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com:

Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."

By Bill Wichert• April 22, 2012

Viral image stated on October 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

Image shows the projected trajectory for a Hurricane Nadine is “the same path as Helene.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024

Steve LaTourette stated on November 04, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:

"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."

By Sabrina Eaton• November 9, 2011

Mike Pence stated on October 07, 2020 in a debate:

“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”

By Amy Sherman• October 14, 2020

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