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Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."

By Samantha Putterman• April 12, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on May 04, 2008 in Indianapolis:

"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 6, 2008

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."

By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2017

Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:

"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017

Donald Trump stated on December 08, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021

Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Images of burned cars in Lahaina, Hawaii, are evidence wildfires there were started by directed energy weapons.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 22, 2023

Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa:

"Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."

By Asjylyn Loder• January 2, 2008

Organizing for Action stated on August 09, 2013 in an email to Obama supporters in Florida:

Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."

By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2013

Dick Cheney stated on September 02, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."

By Jon Greenberg• September 3, 2015

Bloggers stated on October 04, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2020

Viral image stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a pack of wolves walking in a single line in the snow being led by the sick.

By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2019

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

Chain email stated on February 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:

Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."

By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2011

The Collective super PAC stated on May 11, 2018 in an ad:

Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."

By Allison Graves• May 17, 2018

Instagram posts stated on March 03, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Texas wildfires were started by directed energy weapons.

By Sara Swann• March 5, 2024

Rick Perry stated on May 03, 2010 in a Web video:

"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 16, 2010

Uspoln Website stated on May 20, 2017 in a post:

"Trump’s Top Scientist Pick: ‘Scientists Are Just Dumb Regular People That Think Dinosaurs Existed And The Earth Is Getting Warmer’"

By Miriam Valverde• June 6, 2017

Nikki Haley stated on March 03, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

By Amy Sherman• March 13, 2023

Hillary Clinton stated on December 08, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."

By Nick Reid• January 29, 2016

Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2013 in a campaign ad:

"The president’s own advisers have said there’s a war on coal."

By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2013

In context: Hillary Clinton’s comments about coal jobs

By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2016

Truth-O-Meter ruling stands, despite juicy protest

By Bill Wichert• June 29, 2011

Has Marco Rubio backtracked on climate change?

By Julie Kliegman• May 14, 2014

In context: Joe Biden’s 2022 cancer remarks resurface with 2025 prostate cancer diagnosis

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek• May 19, 2025

Fact-checking Trump's Truth Social response video to his documents indictment

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• June 9, 2023

How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages

By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2021

Keystone attacks

By Bill Adair• March 12, 2008

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

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• July 14, 2022

Police confusing firearms for stun guns: How often does it happen?

By Miriam Valverde• April 15, 2021

Trump defends 'hero' comments Sunday on ABC

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• July 19, 2015

PunditFact: Fact-checking the July 19 Sunday shows

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• July 19, 2015

'McSame' ad goes three for four

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 17, 2008

In context: Donald Trump's 'Second Amendment people' comment

By Louis Jacobson• August 9, 2016

Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2023

Read the articles of impeachment House Democrats have introduced against President Donald Trump

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 10, 2019

Fred Fleitz: Slanted fact check whiffs on Ted Cruz Iran inspections claim

By W. Gardner Selby• September 23, 2015

Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’

By Matthew Crowley• March 17, 2023

Joe Biden’s climate change plan, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 3, 2020

Video makes it look like left-leaning groups plotted post-election coup. That’s not the whole story

By Samantha Putterman• November 5, 2020

Staving off the stove police?

By Catharine Richert• July 22, 2009

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