Latest False Fact-checks in Energy 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 Ted Cruz stated on June 4, 2022 in a tweet: "The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas." Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2022 in a post: "President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!" Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated." Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps. Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades. Eli Bremer stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: “If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.” Mike Pence stated on March 7, 2022 in an ad from Advancing American Freedom: Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil." Facebook posts stated on March 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Two years ago we were “drilling our own oil for $27 a barrel.” Now, thanks to Joe Biden, we’re “paying $105 a barrel to Russia.” Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration. Sean Hannity stated on December 1, 2021 in a TV segment: "If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.” Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices. Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf. X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference. Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." 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.” Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system." Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.” Lara Logan stated on February 19, 2021 in a TV segment: "The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.” Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.” Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.” Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline because Warren Buffett “donated $58 million” to his campaign.
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Ted Cruz stated on June 4, 2022 in a tweet: "The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas." Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2022 in a post: "President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!" Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated." Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps. Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades. Eli Bremer stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: “If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.” Mike Pence stated on March 7, 2022 in an ad from Advancing American Freedom: Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil." Facebook posts stated on March 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Two years ago we were “drilling our own oil for $27 a barrel.” Now, thanks to Joe Biden, we’re “paying $105 a barrel to Russia.” Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration. Sean Hannity stated on December 1, 2021 in a TV segment: "If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.” Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices. Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf. X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference. Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.” Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video" Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." 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.” Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system." Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.” Lara Logan stated on February 19, 2021 in a TV segment: "The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.” Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.” Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.” Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline because Warren Buffett “donated $58 million” to his campaign.
Ted Cruz stated on June 4, 2022 in a tweet: "The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2022 in a post: "President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!"
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated."
Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps.
Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
Eli Bremer stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: “If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars."
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”
Mike Pence stated on March 7, 2022 in an ad from Advancing American Freedom: Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil."
Facebook posts stated on March 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Two years ago we were “drilling our own oil for $27 a barrel.” Now, thanks to Joe Biden, we’re “paying $105 a barrel to Russia.”
Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.
Sean Hannity stated on December 1, 2021 in a TV segment: "If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices.
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook: Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf.
X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference.
Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.”
Bloggers stated on October 7, 2021 in an article: "Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact."
Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
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.”
Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars.
Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”
Lara Logan stated on February 19, 2021 in a TV segment: "The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.”
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.”
Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.”
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline because Warren Buffett “donated $58 million” to his campaign.
