Latest Half-True Fact-checks in Climate Change Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Alex Epstein dicho el Mayo 5, 2023 en a post: A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.” Erick Erickson dicho el Enero 27, 2023 en a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” Val Demings dicho el Septiembre 23, 2022 en a tweet: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change." Herschel Walker dicho el Agosto 22, 2022 en a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.” Facebook posts dicho el Agosto 7, 2022 en posts: “The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.” Facebook posts dicho el Mayo 16, 2022 en a Facebook post: Studies show plastics can help combat climate change. Dan Sullivan dicho el Marzo 23, 2022 en a Senate hearing: In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.” Facebook posts dicho el Octubre 28, 2021 en Facebook posts: A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions. Gary Palmer dicho el Septiembre 13, 2021 en remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.” Bjorn Lomborg dicho el Septiembre 3, 2021 en an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers dicho el Marzo 18, 2021 en a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.” Kevin Brady dicho el Enero 22, 2021 en a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Wayne Christian dicho el Enero 5, 2021 en a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040." Mike Pence dicho el Octubre 7, 2020 en a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.” TikTok posts dicho el Octubre 1, 2020 en a video: Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate. Elizabeth Warren dicho el Septiembre 4, 2019 en a CNN town hall on climate change: "70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries." Morgan Griffith dicho el Febrero 11, 2019 en a newsletter.: "Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 11, 2018 en press conference: "Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed." Kevin McCarthy dicho el Agosto 15, 2018 en a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing." Al Gore dicho el Octubre 11, 2016 en a speech: Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 24, 2016 en a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas." Bill Clinton dicho el Julio 26, 2016 en a speech at the Democratic national convention: Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions." Environmental Justice League of R.I dicho el Enero 12, 2016 en a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal." Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 1, 2015 en a press conference: "You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets." Jerry Brown dicho el Octubre 7, 2015 en a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog." Scott Walker dicho el Septiembre 16, 2015 en a debate: The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change." NextGen Climate Action Committee dicho el Agosto 8, 2014 en TV ad: Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution." Joe Scarborough dicho el Mayo 12, 2014 en a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue." Ralph Reed dicho el Febrero 3, 2014 en a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment. Steve Goreham dicho el Agosto 5, 2013 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
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Alex Epstein dicho el Mayo 5, 2023 en a post: A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.” Erick Erickson dicho el Enero 27, 2023 en a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” Val Demings dicho el Septiembre 23, 2022 en a tweet: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change." Herschel Walker dicho el Agosto 22, 2022 en a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.” Facebook posts dicho el Agosto 7, 2022 en posts: “The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.” Facebook posts dicho el Mayo 16, 2022 en a Facebook post: Studies show plastics can help combat climate change. Dan Sullivan dicho el Marzo 23, 2022 en a Senate hearing: In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.” Facebook posts dicho el Octubre 28, 2021 en Facebook posts: A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions. Gary Palmer dicho el Septiembre 13, 2021 en remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.” Bjorn Lomborg dicho el Septiembre 3, 2021 en an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers dicho el Marzo 18, 2021 en a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.” Kevin Brady dicho el Enero 22, 2021 en a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs. Wayne Christian dicho el Enero 5, 2021 en a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040." Mike Pence dicho el Octubre 7, 2020 en a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.” TikTok posts dicho el Octubre 1, 2020 en a video: Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate. Elizabeth Warren dicho el Septiembre 4, 2019 en a CNN town hall on climate change: "70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries." Morgan Griffith dicho el Febrero 11, 2019 en a newsletter.: "Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 11, 2018 en press conference: "Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed." Kevin McCarthy dicho el Agosto 15, 2018 en a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing." Al Gore dicho el Octubre 11, 2016 en a speech: Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster." Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 24, 2016 en a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas." Bill Clinton dicho el Julio 26, 2016 en a speech at the Democratic national convention: Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions." Environmental Justice League of R.I dicho el Enero 12, 2016 en a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal." Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 1, 2015 en a press conference: "You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets." Jerry Brown dicho el Octubre 7, 2015 en a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog." Scott Walker dicho el Septiembre 16, 2015 en a debate: The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change." NextGen Climate Action Committee dicho el Agosto 8, 2014 en TV ad: Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution." Joe Scarborough dicho el Mayo 12, 2014 en a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue." Ralph Reed dicho el Febrero 3, 2014 en a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment. Steve Goreham dicho el Agosto 5, 2013 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
Alex Epstein dicho el Mayo 5, 2023 en a post: A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”
Erick Erickson dicho el Enero 27, 2023 en a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Val Demings dicho el Septiembre 23, 2022 en a tweet: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."
Herschel Walker dicho el Agosto 22, 2022 en a tweet: Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Facebook posts dicho el Agosto 7, 2022 en posts: “The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.”
Facebook posts dicho el Mayo 16, 2022 en a Facebook post: Studies show plastics can help combat climate change.
Dan Sullivan dicho el Marzo 23, 2022 en a Senate hearing: In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Facebook posts dicho el Octubre 28, 2021 en Facebook posts: A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
Gary Palmer dicho el Septiembre 13, 2021 en remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
Bjorn Lomborg dicho el Septiembre 3, 2021 en an column in the Wall Street Journal: “The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.”
Cathy McMorris Rodgers dicho el Marzo 18, 2021 en a House hearing: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
Kevin Brady dicho el Enero 22, 2021 en a tweet: Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Wayne Christian dicho el Enero 5, 2021 en a letter: Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040."
Mike Pence dicho el Octubre 7, 2020 en a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
TikTok posts dicho el Octubre 1, 2020 en a video: Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate.
Elizabeth Warren dicho el Septiembre 4, 2019 en a CNN town hall on climate change: "70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."
Morgan Griffith dicho el Febrero 11, 2019 en a newsletter.: "Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years."
Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 11, 2018 en press conference: "Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."
Kevin McCarthy dicho el Agosto 15, 2018 en a speech: Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Al Gore dicho el Octubre 11, 2016 en a speech: Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 24, 2016 en a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Bill Clinton dicho el Julio 26, 2016 en a speech at the Democratic national convention: Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."
Environmental Justice League of R.I dicho el Enero 12, 2016 en a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."
Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 1, 2015 en a press conference: "You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets."
Jerry Brown dicho el Octubre 7, 2015 en a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Scott Walker dicho el Septiembre 16, 2015 en a debate: The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change."
NextGen Climate Action Committee dicho el Agosto 8, 2014 en TV ad: Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Joe Scarborough dicho el Mayo 12, 2014 en a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Ralph Reed dicho el Febrero 3, 2014 en a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
Steve Goreham dicho el Agosto 5, 2013 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
