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Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."

By Ellie Borst• July 22, 2022

Bill O'Reilly stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:

“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2022

Marco Rubio's heckler stated on August 22, 2017 in during Sen. Marco Rubio's speech to Seminole County GOP:

Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election.

By Amy Sherman• August 29, 2017

George Allen stated on December 07, 2011 in a debate.:

The United States "is number one in the world in energy resources; Russia is number two."

By Warren Fiske, Jacob Geiger• December 8, 2011

Americans United for Change stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial:

"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2010

George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a press conference.:

"We are number one in the world when it comes to energy resources. ... The Russians are second; Saudi Arabia is number three."

By Jacob Geiger• June 17, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on August 27, 2011 in a campaign event:

"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy."

By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2011

Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post:

"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2016

One Nation stated on September 04, 2023 in a petition:

Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”

By Aidan Cornue• October 24, 2023

Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post:

Carbon dioxide “is not a problem. The Earth has more than enough land and ocean plant life to metabolize it.”

By Monique Curet• July 15, 2021

Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”

By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026

Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”

By Paul Specht• January 30, 2023

Ron Johnson stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:

Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”

By Laura Schulte• March 29, 2022

League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter:

Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”

By Laura Schulte• August 19, 2022

Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2020 in a rally:

“Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

By Jessica Calefati• October 28, 2020

Lara Logan stated on February 19, 2021 in a TV segment:

"The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2021

Tammy Baldwin stated on January 22, 2014 in a news release:

"Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."

By Tom Kertscher• February 14, 2014

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on November 18, 2012 in a newspaper column:

"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."

By John Hill• November 30, 2012

Facebook posts stated on April 01, 2022 in a Facebook post:

John D. Rockefeller coined the term “fossil fuel” to trick people into thinking that his product was scarce and drive up the price when fossil fuels are actually “the second most abundant liquid on the planet.”

By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden “just announced on CNN he will completely shut down drilling for oil and natural gas on day one of his administration.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 20, 2020

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