Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Environment 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 Bill Nelson dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en a Senate floor speech: Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign. Russ Feingold dicho el Octubre 6, 2016 en a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change." Duane Hall dicho el Agosto 23, 2016 en a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm." Tim Canova dicho el Julio 9, 2016 en a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups." Harry Reid dicho el Julio 11, 2016 en remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero." Bonnie Reiss dicho el Junio 8, 2016 en a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history." Bernie Sanders dicho el Mayo 29, 2016 en an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position." Robby Mook dicho el Abril 19, 2016 en a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Bernie Sanders dicho el Abril 10, 2016 en in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking." Hillary Clinton dicho el Marzo 6, 2016 en the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint." Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land. George Will dicho el Noviembre 30, 2015 en a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country." Jeb Bush dicho el Octubre 21, 2015 en a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Jim Webb dicho el Octubre 13, 2015 en a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. League of Conservation Voters dicho el Septiembre 1, 2015 en a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Martin O'Malley dicho el Septiembre 10, 2015 en interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Ron Bergeron dicho el Septiembre 2, 2015 en a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida." Jack Hanna dicho el Agosto 2, 2015 en an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Gus Bilirakis dicho el Junio 24, 2015 en a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005." Center for Western Priorities dicho el Febrero 5, 2015 en a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Joni Ernst dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline. Rush Limbaugh dicho el Julio 22, 2014 en comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Wendy Davis dicho el Junio 27, 2014 en her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days." Debbie Wasserman Schultz dicho el Mayo 13, 2014 en in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea." Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Dan Kaufman dicho el Marzo 29, 2014 en an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste." Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2013 en a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Noviembre 13, 2013 en a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Louise Slaughter dicho el Octubre 9, 2013 en an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
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Bill Nelson dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en a Senate floor speech: Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign. Russ Feingold dicho el Octubre 6, 2016 en a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change." Duane Hall dicho el Agosto 23, 2016 en a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm." Tim Canova dicho el Julio 9, 2016 en a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups." Harry Reid dicho el Julio 11, 2016 en remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero." Bonnie Reiss dicho el Junio 8, 2016 en a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history." Bernie Sanders dicho el Mayo 29, 2016 en an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position." Robby Mook dicho el Abril 19, 2016 en a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Bernie Sanders dicho el Abril 10, 2016 en in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking." Hillary Clinton dicho el Marzo 6, 2016 en the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint." Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land. George Will dicho el Noviembre 30, 2015 en a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country." Jeb Bush dicho el Octubre 21, 2015 en a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Jim Webb dicho el Octubre 13, 2015 en a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. League of Conservation Voters dicho el Septiembre 1, 2015 en a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Martin O'Malley dicho el Septiembre 10, 2015 en interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Ron Bergeron dicho el Septiembre 2, 2015 en a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida." Jack Hanna dicho el Agosto 2, 2015 en an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Gus Bilirakis dicho el Junio 24, 2015 en a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005." Center for Western Priorities dicho el Febrero 5, 2015 en a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Joni Ernst dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline. Rush Limbaugh dicho el Julio 22, 2014 en comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Wendy Davis dicho el Junio 27, 2014 en her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days." Debbie Wasserman Schultz dicho el Mayo 13, 2014 en in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea." Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Dan Kaufman dicho el Marzo 29, 2014 en an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste." Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2013 en a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Noviembre 13, 2013 en a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'" Louise Slaughter dicho el Octubre 9, 2013 en an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
Bill Nelson dicho el Noviembre 16, 2016 en a Senate floor speech: Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
Russ Feingold dicho el Octubre 6, 2016 en a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."
Duane Hall dicho el Agosto 23, 2016 en a tweet: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
Tim Canova dicho el Julio 9, 2016 en a post on Medium: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups."
Harry Reid dicho el Julio 11, 2016 en remarks on the Senate floor: "(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."
Bonnie Reiss dicho el Junio 8, 2016 en a newspaper column.: "When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history."
Bernie Sanders dicho el Mayo 29, 2016 en an interview on "Meet the Press": "I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
Robby Mook dicho el Abril 19, 2016 en a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
Bernie Sanders dicho el Abril 10, 2016 en in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
Hillary Clinton dicho el Marzo 6, 2016 en the Democratic debate in Flint: "We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."
Ted Cruz dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.
George Will dicho el Noviembre 30, 2015 en a TV talk show: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
Jeb Bush dicho el Octubre 21, 2015 en a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
Jim Webb dicho el Octubre 13, 2015 en a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
League of Conservation Voters dicho el Septiembre 1, 2015 en a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
Martin O'Malley dicho el Septiembre 10, 2015 en interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Ron Bergeron dicho el Septiembre 2, 2015 en a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting: "There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida."
Jack Hanna dicho el Agosto 2, 2015 en an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Gus Bilirakis dicho el Junio 24, 2015 en a speech on the House floor: "Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
Center for Western Priorities dicho el Febrero 5, 2015 en a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Joni Ernst dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en the Republican response to the State of the Union address: "A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Rush Limbaugh dicho el Julio 22, 2014 en comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
Wendy Davis dicho el Junio 27, 2014 en her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention: Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz dicho el Mayo 13, 2014 en in a question and answer after a speech: Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Dan Kaufman dicho el Marzo 29, 2014 en an opinion article: A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to "fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste."
Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2013 en a speech on the Senate floor: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Noviembre 13, 2013 en a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Louise Slaughter dicho el Octubre 9, 2013 en an interview on MSNBC: "Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
