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Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 in an address to a joint session of Congress:

The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”

By Madison Czopek • March 5, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Stacey Abrams stole $2 BILLION from taxpayers.”

By Caleb McCullough • February 26, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

Imágenes en este video son del "Huracan helen en la Florida".

By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 in una audiencia en la Cámara de Representantes:

“El Proyecto 2025 quiere deshacerse de la NOAA” y del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología.

By Maria Briceño • September 27, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 in a House hearing:

“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service.

By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2024
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024
Threads posts
stated on July 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads:

"Huracán Beryl pasado por la isla Canarias todo quedo bajo Agua y Horacio por todo la isla afectada ".

By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 11, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

Este video de un carro lleno de agua muestra a "Miami inundado".

By Maria Briceño • June 20, 2024
Tucker Carlson
stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs.

By Sofia Ahmed • May 16, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2024 in a post:

"The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 3, 2024
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
Instagram posts
stated on February 6, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.

By Jeff Cercone • February 12, 2024
Jesse Watters
stated on January 31, 2024 in a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News:

“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.

By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change.

By Sara Swann • January 4, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “heavy snow and ice has frozen jets in Munich bound for Dubai's global warming conference.”

By Sara Swann • December 8, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House:

“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2023 in An interview on CNBC:

“We produce a lot more wind energy in Texas than California does.”

By Sarah Bahari • November 14, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”

By Jeff Cercone • November 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”

By Sara Swann • November 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”.

By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 30, 2023
X posts
stated on September 15, 2023 in tweets:

1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”

By Loreben Tuquero • October 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook:

“We have over a million people right now that are under emergency travel restrictions … and this is due to poison being released into the air.”

By Madison Czopek • August 31, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Speaker at World Economic Forum conference proposed adding COVID-19 vaccines to water supply.

By Jeff Cercone • August 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Personas poderosas ricas … pintaron los techos” de sus casas de color azul para que no se dañaran durante los incedios forestales en Maui, Hawai.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"America’s C40 cities will ban meat, dairy, new clothes, private cars by 2030.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 29, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:

FEMA and Red Cross are “confiscating” donations meant for Hawaii wildfire victims.

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on August 17, 2023 in un video en TikTok:

El incendio forestal en Maui, Hawai, fue provocado por un arma "láser" para crear una nueva ciudad tecnológica.

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 23, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee:

“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 24, 2023

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