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energyfactcheck.org) and @EnergyFactCheck. The
website and Twitter feed respond to media misinfor-
mation and help educate about the successes and
potential of renewable energy. Energy Fact Check
provides clarification on hot-button issues surround-
ing the industry. Content focuses on specific misin-
formation such as, “Renewable energy is too expen-
sive and drives up electricity and fuel prices.” The
“Featured Fact Checks” provide credible information
(attributed facts, reports and statistics) from over 30
Content Contributor organizations and others that
debunk misinformation surrounding claims.
Overall, ACORE has found Energy Fact Check and @
EnergyFactCheck to be extremely valuable resourc-
es. Energy Fact Check has provided key journalists
with the facts needed to write a balanced story about
renewable energy. ACORE has also reached out to
journalists through Letters to the Editor and Op-eds,
pointing to Energy Fact Check information. Recent ef-
forts have produced nine editorial pieces in national
and regional publications, and Energy Fact Check
responses to misinformation can be found in more
than thirty publications.
Polls increasingly indicate that a majority of Ameri-
cans support clean and renewable energy, regard-
less of political affiliation. Though it does not take
credit for the shift in public sentiment, ACORE feels
that Energy Fact Check and @EnergyFactCheck are
helping provide facts that convey the reality that re-
newable energy is a growing and successful Ameri-
can industry.
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