Latest Fact-checks in Energy 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 Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in social media posts: The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled. Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car." Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.” Rodney Davis stated on June 21, 2021 in a press release: “Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.” The Gateway Pundit stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.” Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn cost more in April 2021 "in Joe Biden's America" than they did a year earlier. Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in 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.” Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system." Eric Greitens stated on March 2, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK: By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.” Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.” Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame. Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.” Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.” Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies” 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.” 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.” Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.” Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.” Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm” Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000. Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
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Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in social media posts: The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled. Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car." Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.” Rodney Davis stated on June 21, 2021 in a press release: “Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.” The Gateway Pundit stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.” Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn cost more in April 2021 "in Joe Biden's America" than they did a year earlier. Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in 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.” Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system." Eric Greitens stated on March 2, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK: By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.” Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.” Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame. Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.” Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.” Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies” 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.” 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.” Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.” Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.” Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm” Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000. Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2021 in social media posts: The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.
Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.: Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car."
Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter: Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact."
Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”
Rodney Davis stated on June 21, 2021 in a press release: “Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.”
Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars.
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn cost more in April 2021 "in Joe Biden's America" than they did a year earlier.
Citizens United stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.”
Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in 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.”
Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
Eric Greitens stated on March 2, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK: By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on Fox News: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame.
Energy Transfer stated on February 26, 2021 in testimony: “Pipelines do not freeze. They are naturally insulated. They’re buried beneath the ground.”
Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post: The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
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.”
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.”
Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.”
Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”
Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.”
Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”
Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000.
Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
