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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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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.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 24, 2021
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.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2021
Students for Trump
stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet:
“Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2021
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.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 in a campaign speech:
Says Joe Biden has plans to ban animal agriculture and gas-powered cars.
False
By Julia Shanahan • January 18, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:
“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
False
By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2020
Wisconsin Trump Victory
stated on August 12, 2020 in an email:
Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs
False
By Laura Schulte • August 18, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2019 in a YouTube video:
“Nancy Pelosi’s Brother’s Company Received $737 Million from Obama’s Energy Dept!”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
Bloggers
stated on October 4, 2019 in posts on the Internet:
“Nancy Pelosi’s Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at ‘Ukraine-Based Gas Company,’ Similar to Hunter Biden”
False
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“That’s 5,615 projected coal-powered plants in just 8 countries. The USA has 15 – building 0 more.”  
False
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2020
Viral image
stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Clinton “gave nukes to North Korea,” Barack Obama “gave nukes to Iran,” and Hillary Clinton “gave uranium to Russia.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
“In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs.”  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Viral image
stated on August 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 23, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2019 in a rally in Manchester, NH:
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant “could never have happened” without his administration.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will “never generate as much energy as was invested building it.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 13, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Joe Manchin “supported Obama and Clinton’s campaigns to kill coal jobs.”
False
By Joseph Kennedy • November 5, 2018
Corey Stewart
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:
“It is only under President Trump that we have become the largest producer of oil and gas resources.”  
False
By Warren Fiske • September 11, 2018
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