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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:
The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post:
“If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • June 12, 2026
Liz Krueger
stated on March 5, 2026 in an op-ed:
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi • May 7, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “​​on day one” of his administration.
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2025
Doug Burgum
stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention:
Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 17, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa:
“Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023
One Nation
stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition:
Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Mostly False
By Aidan Cornue • October 24, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet:
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met “with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban,” which “has ties to the” Chinese Communist Party.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 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.”
Mostly False
By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Saving Arizona PAC
stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter:
“Democrats’ radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. “
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022
Tom Cotton
stated on August 3, 2022 in an ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act “doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 23, 2022
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Mostly False
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 in a post:
Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine.
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • April 18, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Maria Bartiromo
stated on February 22, 2022 in a TV segment:
“We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The United States buys “206,000 barrels of oil a day” from Russia but “shut down domestic oil production a year ago.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • February 28, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:
“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 11, 2022
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