Latest Fact-checks in Climate Change Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change." Bjorn Lomborg stated on September 3, 2021 in an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.” Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference: Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.” Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” X posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a tweet: Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.” Viral image stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg. 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.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.” Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Viral image stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years." Survival International stated on April 22, 2021 in a website press release: With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.” Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.” Kevin McCarthy stated on April 28, 2021 in a Fox News appearance: Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.” Fox News Channel stated on April 23, 2021 in a TV graphic: "Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month." Instagram posts stated on April 21, 2021 in an Instagram video: “Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.” Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.” Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.” Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.” Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.” Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’” Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!” Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice. John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.” Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2021 in an image: Says Joe Biden is “following through with a fracking ban.”
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Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change." Bjorn Lomborg stated on September 3, 2021 in an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.” Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference: Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.” Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” X posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a tweet: Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.” Viral image stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg. 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.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.” Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Viral image stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years." Survival International stated on April 22, 2021 in a website press release: With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.” Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.” Kevin McCarthy stated on April 28, 2021 in a Fox News appearance: Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.” Fox News Channel stated on April 23, 2021 in a TV graphic: "Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month." Instagram posts stated on April 21, 2021 in an Instagram video: “Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.” Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.” Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.” Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.” Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.” Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’” Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!” Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice. John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.” Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.” Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2021 in an image: Says Joe Biden is “following through with a fracking ban.”
Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."
Bjorn Lomborg stated on September 3, 2021 in an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.”
Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference: Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 in an image: “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
X posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a tweet: Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”
Viral image stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg.
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.”
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”
Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist."
Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
Viral image stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years."
Survival International stated on April 22, 2021 in a website press release: With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.”
Ben Cline stated on April 22, 2021 in a floor speech.: The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on April 28, 2021 in a Fox News appearance: Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.”
Fox News Channel stated on April 23, 2021 in a TV graphic: "Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."
Instagram posts stated on April 21, 2021 in an Instagram video: “Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.”
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”
Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.”
Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.”
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”
Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
John Kerry stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview: Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”
Kevin Brady stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders: “84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”
Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2021 in an image: Says Joe Biden is “following through with a fracking ban.”
