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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement
In President Trump’s response letter to why he decided to pull-out from the Paris Climate Agreement, one of the reasonings behind it is that the “emissions commitments would require us [the United States] to shift energy production from affordable, reliable … Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s Statements: True or False?
Although the evidence provided by scientists proves that global warming is real, president Donald Trump believes that it is not. At every stage of his campaign he openly and shamelessly declared that he did not believe in climate change. During … Continue reading
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Trump Navigates around the Truth on Paris Agreement Costs
President Donald Trump justified his rejection of the Paris Agreement with a hot button political issue – jobs. The popular saying goes that the people vote with their wallets. So President Trump also framed his decision around prices. He claimed … Continue reading
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Fact Checking Trump
What line am I checking: while little would change for our climate under the Paris Agreement, our electricity prices would significantly increase Before fact checking the entire statement I decided to break it into pieces, first looking at “While little would … Continue reading
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Donald Trump and the Cost of Renewable Energy
While President Trump’s letter is riddled with incorrect or misleading statements, I chose to check out a statement based on something I don’t know too much about. Trump writes, “While little would change for our climate under the Paris Agreement, … Continue reading
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Trump’s Statement on Paris Agreement is “Mostly False”
President Donald Trump stated, in a letter received by Professor Neil Leary, that “little would change for our climate under the Paris Agreement”. Under the rankings used to gauge the accuracy of statements by Politifact this on can be considered … Continue reading
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Trump’s Letter: Allowing China to Increase Emission for Years to Come
Evaluating the statements in Trump’s letter regarding the Paris Agreement on climate change, Trump refers to the United States pledge to reduce greenhouse as an unnecessary financial toll for the American people and states “meanwhile, the [Paris] agreement allows countries … Continue reading
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The Future of Climate Science Under the Trump Administration
During the 2016 Presidential campaign Donald Trump famously made inflammatory claims in which he questioned the indisputable science of climate change. Uninformed and vague statements on the subject of climate change left many to worry about what would happen … Continue reading
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Checking Donald Trump
Truth-O-Meter: Half-True: Partially accurate, but excludes important context. In June of 2017, Donald Trump made the drastic decision to pull the United States out of the long negotiated Paris Agreement. While this may have not been a major surprise, as … Continue reading
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Fact Check: Does Renewable Energy Make Sense?
In defense of his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, President Trump offers his assurance that the commitment would be unfair to the United States. Among his claims is that “the Obama Administration’s emissions commitments would require us to … Continue reading
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