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Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2022 in a video:

Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2022 in a video:

John Kerry at COP27 climate summit spoke about wanting to “wipe out the middle class … get you under the central banking digital currency system.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2022 in a speech:

"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 15, 2022 in a video:

President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.

By Madison Czopek • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2022 in a photo:

“There are no greenhouse gas emissions in this photo” of cows grazing.

By Kristin Hugo • November 7, 2022
Charlie Kirk
stated on October 3, 2022 in a video:

For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 25, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 17, 2022 in a video:

Video shows “California sets their own forest fires and claims them as climate change effects.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 20, 2022
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:

Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”

By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Val Demings
stated on September 23, 2022 in a tweet:

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."

By Yacob Reyes • October 11, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 12, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 10, 2022
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 in a television interview:

Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:

There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 7, 2022
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet:

Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”

By Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2022 in posts:

“The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.”

By Kristin Hugo • August 31, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.”

By Madison Czopek • August 19, 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
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car."

By Andy Nguyen • August 15, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on June 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.

By Andy Nguyen • August 11, 2022
Viral image
stated on August 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows electric cars that were bought for civil servants in France and then abandoned because “it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:

In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.

By Kristin Hugo • July 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."

By Andy Nguyen • July 27, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on July 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Jane Goodall’s comments about population growth at World Economic Forum show COVID-19 pandemic was planned.

By Jeff Cercone • July 27, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Germany weather maps show media exaggerating effects of climate change.

By Jeff Cercone • July 27, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2022 in screenshot of a tweet:

"The emissions generated by watching 30 minutes of Netflix is the same as driving almost 4 miles.”

By Kristin Hugo • July 26, 2022
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
Facebook posts
stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.

By Madison Czopek • July 20, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

By Madison Czopek • July 19, 2022
Viral image
stated on June 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a trashed venue in Glastonbury after climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke there.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Studies show plastics can help combat climate change.

By Samantha Putterman • May 26, 2022
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition
stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.:

“CO2 is not a pollutant.”

By Warren Fiske • May 12, 2022

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