“In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Dan Sullivan
Republican senator from Alaska. In a Senate hearing. Claim dated 23 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The US had the largest decline in absolute terms, but relative to starting points, countries such as the UK, Italy, France and Germany had steeper declines.
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In short
Dan Sullivan (Republican senator from Alaska) made this claim around 23 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 April 2022, 14 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- epw.senate.govhttps://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=79279D16-E2C3-4DAF-80C9-C1DFEFF58…
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