Fact-checking recent claims about climate change
For ignorant Tea Brains.
Related rulings:
Mostly False
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Marco Rubio, Tuesday, May 20th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly False
Mostly True
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tuesday, May 13th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
Mostly True
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Jerry Brown, Sunday, May 18th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
False
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
Marco Rubio, Sunday, May 11th, 2014.
Ruling: False | Details
Half-True
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Joe Scarborough, Monday, May 12th, 2014.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
True
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
Lamar Smith, Wednesday, March 26th, 2014.
Ruling: True | Details
Mostly False
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Patrick Moore, Tuesday, March 11th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
Mostly True
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Sheldon Whitehouse, Wednesday, November 13th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
Mostly True
Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."
Organizing for Action, Friday, August 9th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
True
In South Florida, "we've had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Friday, June 28th, 2013.
Ruling: True | Details
Mostly False
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Jim Bridenstine, Tuesday, June 11th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
For ignorant Tea Brains.
Related rulings:
Mostly False
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
Marco Rubio, Tuesday, May 20th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly False
Mostly True
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tuesday, May 13th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
Mostly True
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Jerry Brown, Sunday, May 18th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
False
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
Marco Rubio, Sunday, May 11th, 2014.
Ruling: False | Details
Half-True
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Joe Scarborough, Monday, May 12th, 2014.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
True
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
Lamar Smith, Wednesday, March 26th, 2014.
Ruling: True | Details
Mostly False
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Patrick Moore, Tuesday, March 11th, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
Mostly True
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Sheldon Whitehouse, Wednesday, November 13th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
Mostly True
Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."
Organizing for Action, Friday, August 9th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly True | Details
True
In South Florida, "we've had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Friday, June 28th, 2013.
Ruling: True | Details
Mostly False
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Jim Bridenstine, Tuesday, June 11th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details