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Fact-checks (17828)

Bill Clinton stated on November 08, 2011 in an interview on The Daily Show:
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2011
Jeffrey Grybowski stated on August 04, 2013 in a television interview:
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
By Gregory Smith• August 31, 2013
Jeff Kottkamp stated on February 28, 2010 in an interview on Newsmax TV:
"If every house in Florida had a solar-heated water tank, that would eliminate consumption by 17 percent."
By Lukas Pleva• April 6, 2010
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
Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website:
"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
By Amy Sherman• January 16, 2015
Scott Brown stated on June 10, 2014 in a press release:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
By Jim Haddadin• June 18, 2014
Jeff Tittel stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee:
"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."
By Erin O'Neill• July 4, 2011
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024
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
Al Gore stated on January 28, 2009 in a Senate committee hearing:
If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year."
By Alexander Lane• February 18, 2009
Tim Echols stated on May 13, 2013 in a twitter post:
There are about 120,000 solar energy jobs in the United States, but only 1,700 of them are in Georgia.
By Eric Stirgus• May 22, 2013
Shelley Moore Capito stated on July 29, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
By Steve Contorno• August 7, 2014
Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union address:
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
By Molly Moorhead• February 14, 2013
Kevin de León stated on October 07, 2015 in a speech:
"No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale."
By Chris Nichols• November 3, 2015
Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
By Becky Bowers• October 5, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 03, 2022 in video:
The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners.
By Michael Majchrowicz• September 9, 2022
Joe Barton stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2010
Gerry Connolly stated on May 03, 2011 in a House floor speech:
"America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves."
By Louis Jacobson• May 5, 2011
Kevin de León stated on May 31, 2017 in a speech:
Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."
By Chris Nichols• June 2, 2017
Don Zimmerman stated on April 27, 2015 in an Austin City Council briefing:
"You don't have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. The sun.  I have people tell me, ‘Carbon dioxide warms the Earth.’  No, it doesn't.  The sun warms the Earth."
By Asher Price• June 5, 2015

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Fact-checking Obama's rules on carbon and coal plants

By Steve Contorno• August 14, 2014

What role does natural gas play in a ‘clean energy’ future? Separating spin from science in TV ads

By Tom Kertscher• February 28, 2023

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

What the numbers tell us about Biden’s promise of high-paying green jobs

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2021

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

Joe Biden’s climate change plan, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 3, 2020

With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil

By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2022

Earth, wind and fire

By Robert Farley• February 20, 2009

You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly

By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023

Show the green: States ranking high in renewable energy jobs gave generous incentives

By Tom Kertscher• May 22, 2023

Obama's jobs claim is just a guess-timate

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 2, 2009

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

By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2021

A look at the claims that scorched in 2014

By April Hunt• December 22, 2014

Mailbag: Catching up on reader complaints, comments

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2012

Billions of dollars are being invested in pricey ‘green’ hydrogen. Is it a viable climate solution?

By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2023

Clean slate? ‘Carbon capture’ of CO2 emissions seen as technology that’s a climate solution and risk

By Tom Kertscher• June 14, 2023

Cuccinelli and McAuliffe ask each other, "Where's the beef?"

By Nancy Madsen• June 6, 2013

Four weeks to go: Heading down the home stretch

By John Bartosek• October 4, 2010

Reality check: Biden’s renewable energy plan

By Jon Greenberg• August 30, 2022

Fact-checking Texas Republicans on blackout blame

By Brandon Mulder• February 18, 2021