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John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a news conference:
Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
By Aaron Marshall• January 7, 2013
Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.:
"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
By Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 3, 2025
Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018
Al Jazeera America stated on June 14, 2014 in a documentary:
The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.  
By James B. Nelson• June 23, 2014
Brad Rockwell stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a "company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 21, 2014
Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2023 in a video:
A river in Russia turned red in a biblical omen or divine “retribution.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 13, 2023
Jim Sensenbrenner stated on July 24, 2011 in a discussion at a town hall meeting:
"One of the biggest polluters in our country is the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District."
By Tom Kertscher• August 3, 2011
Rick Perry stated on December 18, 2011 in a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
By Sue Owen• February 29, 2012
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms.
By Jeff Cercone• February 22, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Boiling tap water causes fluoride in the water to be “more toxic.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 6, 2023
Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
By April Hunt• July 17, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech:
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."  
By Amy Sherman• October 22, 2015
Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.:
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 21, 2013
Michelle Nunn stated on October 07, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:
The United States was not one of 16 countries where David Perdue said in his Pillowtex deposition that he created jobs.
By April Hunt• October 14, 2014
Sharlene Leurig stated on February 09, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop:
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
By Andra Lim• May 18, 2015
Bob Seger stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview:
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
By James B. Nelson• November 10, 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
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
Ron Ramsey stated on June 02, 2012 in rally for coal miners:
"(Environmentalists) said ‘We’re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.’ ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet."
By Tom Humphrey• June 30, 2012

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