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Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Aaron Salter Jr. was killed by a mass shooter because he was working on creating a water-powered car engine.

By Gabrielle Settles • June 2, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2024 in a post:

“Elon Musk is taking sustainable technology to the next level with the Tesla Water Engine.”

By Caleb McCullough • November 12, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 6, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Video shows “geoengineering happening” as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Boiling tap water causes fluoride in the water to be “more toxic.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 6, 2023

Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post:

"Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons."

By Michael Majchrowicz • August 31, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Fluoride will eat a hole through concrete, so it’s not safe for your teeth.

By Jeff Cercone • July 12, 2022

Maxine Lipeles stated on February 24, 2019 in a newspaper article:

"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."

By Kennedy Simone • April 26, 2019

Alexander Strenger stated on October 1, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018

Michelle Wolf stated on April 29, 2018 in a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner:

"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."

By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2018

Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech:

To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."

By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2015

Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune:

Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 4, 2015

Grover Fugate stated on August 23, 2013 in a TV interview:

If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped

By John Hill • September 28, 2013

Rick Perry stated on September 18, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."

By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013

Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2013 in a Facebook post:

A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."

By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013

Lee Leffingwell stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.:

Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2013

Bob Gibbs stated on April 18, 2012 in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives:

"Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo."

By Peter Krouse • May 28, 2012

Jefferson Smith stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Carla Smith stated on September 13, 2011 in a meeting:

The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2011

Save Our Springs Alliance stated on August 16, 2011 in a newsletter post.:

"Ten years ago the Austin Water Utility used a total of 240.3 million gallons. Every summer since then our peak day of water use has been lower."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2011

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