These rankings reflect reader votes, weighted by the speaker's public role — they are the audience's reaction, not the archive's judgment. The archive itself records all verified statements equally.
“When they say that the seas will rise over the next 400 years - one-eighth of an inch, you know.”
Donald TrumpTier A · 11 May 2024 · speech · Minimizes impact · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“In case we have forgotten, because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I ask the chair, do you know what this is? It's a snowball. And that's just from outside here. So it's very, very cold out.”
James InhofeTier A · 26 February 2015 · speech · Denies warming · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“How long will it take for the sea level to rise two feet? I mean, think about it, if your ice cube melts in your glass it doesn't overflow; it's displacement.”
Steve StockmanTier B · 11 July 2013 · speech · Minimizes impact · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“The government can't change the weather. I said that in the speech. We can pass a bunch of laws that will destroy our economy, but it isn't going to change the weather.”
Marco RubioTier A · 13 February 2013 · tv · Minimizes impact · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“First of all, the climate is always changing. That's not the fundamental question, the fundamental question is whether man-made activity is what's contributing most to it. I understand that people say there is a significant scientific consensus on that issue, but I've actually seen reasonable debate on that principle.”
Marco RubioTier A · 5 February 2013 · tv · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
Donald TrumpTier A · 6 November 2012 · social · Denies warming · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“this 97% [of climate scientists accepting human-caused global warming], that doesn't mean anything. I named literally thousands of scientists on the floor...and these were top people.”
James InhofeTier A · 14 March 2012 · tv · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“Regarded as the "greatest scandal of our generation" by the UK Telegraph, "Climategate," as the scandal is called, discloses what scientists over the years had been telling me: the so-called "consensus" is simply wrong.”
James InhofeTier A · 1 March 2011 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“Middle ages were anextremely warm period of time too and it wasn't like there were tons of cars on the road.”
Ron JohnsonTier A · 19 August 2010 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“I think it's far more likely that it's just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.”
Ron JohnsonTier A · 19 August 2010 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“I absolutely do not believe that the science of man-caused climate change is proven. Not by any stretch of the imagination.”
Ron JohnsonTier A · 19 August 2010 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“But while we recognize the occurrence of these natural, cyclical environmental trends, we can't say with assurance that man's activities cause weather changes.”
Sarah PalinTier B · 9 December 2009 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“The e-mails reveal that leading climate "experts" deliberately destroyed records, manipulated data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures”
Sarah PalinTier B · 9 December 2009 · press · Denies warming · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“I'm not one to attribute every activity of man to the changes in the climate. There is something to be said also for man's activities, but also for the cyclical temperature changes on our planet.”
Sarah PalinTier B · 3 October 2008 · tv · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”
Sarah PalinTier B · 29 August 2008 · press · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“The claim that global warming is caused by man-made emissions is simply untrue and not based on sound science.”
James InhofeTier A · 28 July 2003 · speech · Denies human cause · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)
“C02 does not cause catastrophic disasters-actually it would be benefitical to our environment and our economy.”
James InhofeTier A · 28 July 2003 · speech · Minimizes impact · evidence · 0 votes (weighted 0)