December 14, 2011 5:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Speaker Boehner Doesn’t Get ‘Stressed’ Over His Dead-End Legislation
December 12, 2011 10:17 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - December 11, 2011
December 12, 2011 9:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - December 11, 2011
This week's Sunday political talk shows saw a major focus on the debate over the payroll tax cut extension. On Face the Nation, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attacked President Obama and "Newt Romney" — a name for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney she came up with during Saturday's debate — over the payroll tax cut, saying there's no evidence the cut helped create jobs. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the tax cut an 'emergency measure' and said it wouldn't be necessary if President Obama's "failed" policies hadn't resulted in a higher deficit and jobless rates. McConnell, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), also pushed for the Keystone Pipeline using discredited job creation numbers.
November 21, 2011 4:20 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Kills No-Cost Climate Measure For No Good Reason
November 09, 2011 1:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Gingrich Tries To Have His Global Warming Cake And Eat It Too
October 31, 2011 11:02 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: "We're Not As Warm As It Was When Greenland Was Really Green"
July 26, 2011 2:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Pandering To Anti-Science Republicans, Gingrich Misrepresents His Own Comments
June 29, 2011 10:44 am ET filed under Blog
Pawlenty: "Science" Proves Climate Change Is "Caused By Natural Causes"
May 03, 2011 1:22 pm ET filed under Blog
Speaker Boehner's New Energy Policy Advisor Is A Global Warming Denier
February 02, 2011 1:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Mark Kirk Blames His Anti-Science Evolution On Al Gore
February 02, 2011 10:34 am ET filed under Blog
House GOP Bill Will Prevent EPA From Doing Its Job
January 27, 2011 11:49 am ET filed under Blog
Despite Heavy Snowfall, 2010 Was The Warmest Year On Record
October 06, 2010 3:52 pm ET filed under Ad Check
Numerous Falsehoods In New Chamber Ad Attacking Rep. Markey
Nearly every word in a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad attacking Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO) manages to introduce a falsehood. In the ad, the Chamber paints health care reform as a job-killing, small-business-crushing "government takeover," even though the Affordable Care Act creates jobs, creates a new tax credit for small businesses, and leaves the private health care system intact. The ad then takes on the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act — which also creates jobs — and falsely claims that it will cost American families $2,000 per year, a wild exaggeration. Finally, contrary to the implications of the ad, the efforts of Markey and other Democrats have helped turn around an economy driven downward by the legacy of Bush-era Republican economic policies.
October 01, 2010 10:27 am ET filed under Ad Check
"Yes On 23" Ad Misleads About California's Investment In Clean Energy
When California passed its Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006, it represented a turning point in the debate over clean energy and global warming. For once, it seemed, economic innovation and environmental stewardship triumphed over Big Oil and corporate greed. Today, however, those same oil giants are fighting round two by bankrolling the "Yes on 23" campaign in favor of a proposition repealing the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). Not surprisingly, a new "Yes on 23" television ad is full of falsehoods, misrepresentations, and lies.
August 23, 2010 3:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Ron Johnson: "There's A Reason Greenland Was Called Greenland"
July 07, 2010 3:07 pm ET filed under Ad Check
Ad Check: Rob Portman Lies About Democrats' Clean Energy Proposals
Former Rep. Rob Portman, the current GOP candidate for Senate in Ohio, is lying about Democrat-sponsored clean energy policy in a new ad. The ad parrots the main Republican talking point on energy policy: that any effort to put a price on pollution amounts to a job-killing national tax on anyone who flips a light switch. In fact, House Democrats passed a bill last year that would create millions of jobs and cost families "less than a postage stamp a day," and the American Power Act pending in the Senate would hold polluters accountable and start reducing our dependence on foreign oil. On top of Portman's lies, his ad asks voters to read his energy proposal. Unfortunately for Ohioans, the "Portman Plan on Energy" is based on bad science and full of bad policy.
June 21, 2010 12:55 pm ET filed under Blog
Does Sen. Murkowski Really Understand Clean Energy Policy?
June 21, 2010 10:54 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
On Sunday, Republicans struggled to deflect attention from Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) ridiculous apology to BP. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ludicrously suggested that President Obama has taken so much money from BP that he is more likely than the GOP to side with Big Oil — which has given Republicans $188 million since 1990. McConnell and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) each claimed that Barton's comments are not the Republican position, but the 114-member Republican Study Committee has expressed similar concerns. Elsewhere, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) proved that she doesn't understand the basics of cap-and-trade by calling that system of economic incentives a "command-and-control type of system."
June 15, 2010 3:51 pm ET filed under Blog
American Power Act Lowers Energy Costs, Creates Jobs
June 14, 2010 1:14 pm ET filed under Blog
After Groveling To Hannity, Fiorina Says She's Too Focused "On Issues" To Apologize To Boxer
June 14, 2010 10:11 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 13, 2010
On Sunday, Carly Fiorina advanced her Senate campaign with a series of false Republican talking points about border security and her own background. Fiorina misrepresented her tenure at Hewlett-Packard, and lied about President Obama's funding for border security and the recently-departed head of the Minerals Management Service. House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence called the Obama administration's handling of the gulf oil disaster "slow." A timeline shows that claim is false. And since it wouldn't be Sunday without a Republican voice misrepresenting the Recovery Act, Rep. Pence pretended the package did not cut taxes (it did) and that it is not turning the economy around (it is).
June 10, 2010 1:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Barrasso Uses The Oil Spill As A Reason To Block EPA Regulations
June 09, 2010 2:50 pm ET filed under Blog
[UPDATED] Steele Exploits Gulf Oil Spill — "The One Thing You Don't Really Want Politicized" — For Political Gain
June 07, 2010 12:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Alabama Mayor Can't Decide If His Beaches Are Clean
June 03, 2010 12:18 pm ET filed under Blog
Ad Check: Carly Fiorina Mocks Climate Threat As "Weather"
May 13, 2010 2:28 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The American Power Act Is Good For America
On May 12, 2010, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) unveiled clean energy legislation that will create jobs, increase security, and put America on the path to energy independence. At a time marked by economic uncertainty and threats to our safety, the American Power Act provides the solutions we need.
April 22, 2010 10:49 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gingrey Fits Four Lies Into A Single Minute
April 22, 2010 10:36 am ET filed under Fact Check
Hyping New Book, CEI's Chris Horner Routinely Uses "Facts" Debunked 7 Months Ago
Promoting a new book, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Chris Horner has written a series of blog posts on conservative websites. Each one cites a cap-and-trade cost estimate snatched from a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents recovered analyzed a policy not included in any clean energy bill proposed in Congress, rendering them meaningless. In fact, CEI's claims were widely debunked in September 2009.
April 19, 2010 2:12 pm ET filed under Fact Check
In Tea Party Flier, FreedomWorks Spreads Clean Energy Lies
During the Tax Day protests in Washington, Dick Armey's FreedomWorks passed out misleading fliers lying to Tea Partiers about clean energy legislation. Despite FreedomWorks' false claims, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs.
