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Latest Fact-Checks In Energy

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Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 17, 2022 in a tweet:
“American oil is … more affordable” than foreign oil.
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2022
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.”
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • June 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2022 in a post:
“President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!”
False
By Monique Curet • June 14, 2022
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.”
False
By Monique Curet • May 11, 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
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.
False
By Madison Czopek • April 12, 2022
Dan Sullivan
stated on March 23, 2022 in a Senate hearing:
In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Greg Abbott
stated on February 3, 2022 in a press conference:
“As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 4, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement:
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 in an email newsletter:
“Gas prices have been going up since the president’s first day in office, starting with his move to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.”
Half-True
By Eleanor Hildebrandt • March 30, 2022
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.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Biden “wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • March 22, 2022
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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 17, 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
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.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2022
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:
“The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not.”
True
By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:
U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while “Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.”
Mostly True
By Andy Nguyen • March 10, 2022
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.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech:
The oil industry has “9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2022
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