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Facebook posts
stated on October 11, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“‎The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will cut off the supply of gas to the world.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • October 13, 2023
Carol Miller
stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X:
“Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
Half-True
By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech:
“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • September 29, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California:
“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2023 in an image:
“We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • March 16, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on March 13, 2023 in an executive action:
On drilling on federal lands.
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:
Democrats “want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 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
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:
“Energy costs are the highest in 15 years.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 16, 2023
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 in a video:
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 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
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023:
Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:
“Biden drained America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 19, 2023
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website:
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
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