| $10T | “10 trillion dollars” | Hsieh: Reaching net-zero by 2050 requires $10T in private clean energy capital | Elaine Hsieh | Oct 16, 2023 | — |
| $10T | “10 trillion dollars” | Shah: Federal funds alone cannot hit the $10 trillion needed for climate | Jigar Shah | Jan 19, 2023 | — |
| $9T | “nine trillion dollars” | Lacey: TCFD United Hundreds of Companies With $9T in Assets | Stephen Lacey | Apr 6, 2022 | Supported |
| $7T | “seven trillion dollars” | Pfund: Global oil and gas subsidies reached $7T in 2022 | Nancy Pfund | Oct 16, 2023 | Supported |
| $4T | “four trillion dollars” | IEA: Global Oil & Gas Sector Income Reached $4T in 2022 | Stephen Lacey | Mar 8, 2023 | Supported |
| $3T | “three trillion dollars” | Lacey: Clean energy attracts nearly $3 trillion in annual investment | Stephen Lacey | Jun 12, 2025 | Contradicted |
| $3T | “three trillion dollars” | Deloitte finds rapid decarbonization would add $3 trillion to US GDP | Stephen Lacey | Jun 1, 2022 | Supported |
| $1.5T | “1.5 trillion dollars” | Manchin and Schumer signed $1.5T Build Back Better framework in 2021 | Katherine Hamilton | Jul 19, 2022 | Supported |
| $1.5T | “a half trillion dollars” | Hamilton: Schumer Agreed to Manchin's $1.5 Trillion Spending Framework | Katherine Hamilton | Jan 7, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $500B | “five hundred billion dollars” | Shah: Oil and Gas Outspends Clean Energy 20 to 1 on Influence | Jigar Shah | Feb 19, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $400B | “four hundred billion dollars” | Shah: DOE Loan Programs Office holds over $400B in loan authority | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | Supported |
| $250B | “two hundred fifty billion dollars” | Shah: Oil and Gas Outspends Clean Energy 20 to 1 on Influence | Jigar Shah | Feb 19, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $250B | “two hundred fifty billion dollars” | St. John: Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program has $250B lending authority | Jeff St. John | Aug 15, 2023 | Supported |
| $200B | “two hundred billion dollars” | Top Oil Majors Made Nearly $200 Billion in 2022 Profits | Stephen Lacey | Mar 8, 2023 | Supported |
| $120B | “a hundred twenty billion dollars” | BNEF estimates over $120 billion in subsidies for announced hydrogen projects | Adi Basham | Aug 3, 2023 | Supported |
| $100B | “a hundred billion dollars” | Sekine: $100B+ committed to US EV and battery supply chains in 2023 | Yayoi Sekine | Feb 8, 2024 | Contradicted |
| $100B | “a hundred billion dollars” | Shah: Clean tech sectors require $100B in private investment for bankability | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | — |
| $90B | “ninety billion dollars” | Kra: SVB's unhedged mortgage securities were a massive risk management failure | Gabriel Kra | Mar 20, 2023 | — |
| $80B | “eighty billion dollars” | Dutta: Wildfire costs reached $680 billion in the past year alone | Shomik Dutta | Oct 8, 2025 | Supported |
| $77B | “seventy-seven billion dollars” | Shah: DOE Loan Programs Office saw $77B in demand against $40B | Jigar Shah | Jan 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $76.7B | “76.7 billion dollars” | Hamilton: Global offshore wind investment surged nearly 80% to $76.7B | Katherine Hamilton | Feb 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $76B | “seventy six billion dollars” | Lacey: US coal plants hold around $176B in outstanding debt | Stephen Lacey | Feb 22, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $76B | “seventy six billion dollars” | Top Five Western Oil Supermajors Lost $76 Billion in 2020 | Stephen Lacey | Mar 8, 2023 | Supported |
| $70B | “seventy billion dollars” | Hurlbut: $250B of $370B in clean tech investment goes to red states | Brandon Hurlbut | Apr 26, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $70B | “seventy billion dollars” | Lacey: IRA spurred over $70B in US manufacturing investments | Stephen Lacey | Aug 15, 2023 | Supported |
| $70B | “seventy billion dollars” | Lacey: More than $70B in clean energy manufacturing announced post-IRA | Stephen Lacey | Jul 26, 2023 | Supported |
| $70B | “seventy billion dollars” | Lacey: CHIPS and IRA spurred 100 clean energy facilities and $70B | Stephen Lacey | Jun 14, 2023 | Supported |
| $70B | “seventy billion dollars” | Utility PREPA entered July 2017 bankruptcy with $9 billion in debt | Maria Gallucci | Jun 8, 2022 | Supported |
| $55B | “fifty-five billion dollars” | Lacey: Build Back Better commits $555B to clean energy | Stephen Lacey | Jan 7, 2022 | Supported |
| $50B | “fifty billion dollars” | Donor-advised funds are sitting on around $250 billion in undeployed capital | Sam White | Oct 22, 2025 | Supported |
| $50B | “fifty billion dollars” | Hurlbut: $250B of $370B in clean tech investment goes to red states | Brandon Hurlbut | Apr 26, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $50B | “fifty billion dollars” | Naam: IRA spending will reach trillions due to uncapped subsidies | Ramez Naam | Jul 20, 2023 | Open |
| $46B | “forty six billion dollars” | Shah: US has $46B in announced clean hydrogen capital allocation | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | Supported |
| $40B | “forty billion dollars” | Shah: US has $40B in announced carbon sequestration investment | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | Supported |
| $40B | “forty billion dollars” | Shah: DOE Loan Programs Office saw $77B in demand against $40B | Jigar Shah | Jan 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $35B | “thirty-five billion dollars” | The Ogallala Aquifer supports $35 billion in annual agriculture | Stephen Lacey | Aug 24, 2022 | Supported |
| $31B | “thirty-one billion dollars” | Tomlinson: Wind and solar saved Texans $31B over the last decade | Chris Tomlinson | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| $28.5B | “28.5 billion dollars” | Plant Vogtle's new nuclear reactors doubled in cost to $28.5 billion | News Broadcaster | Sep 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $27B | “twenty-seven billion dollars” | Lee: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund directs $27B to local lenders | Amanda Lee | Mar 12, 2024 | Supported |
| $27B | “twenty seven billion dollars” | Lee: Standardizing the $27B GGRF pool can unlock distributed generation capital | Amanda Lee | Mar 12, 2024 | — |
| $27B | “twenty seven billion dollars” | St. John: EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund totals $27 billion | Jeff St. John | Aug 15, 2023 | Supported |
| $27B | “twenty seven billion dollars” | Gard-Murray: Heat pump incentives will save consumers $27 billion over a decade | Alexander Gard-Murray | Jun 29, 2022 | Held up |
| $25B | “twenty-five billion dollars” | Cotton: Global Battery Recycling Market Will Reach $25 Billion by 2030 | Steve Cotton | Mar 5, 2024 | Open |
| $23B | “twenty three billion dollars” | Crux Report: Transferable Tax Credits Reached $7B-$9B in 2023 | Stephen Lacey | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $21B | “twenty one billion dollars” | Lacey: Over 200 new climate funds launched since 2021 with $121B AUM | Stephen Lacey | Oct 16, 2023 | Supported |
| $21B | “twenty-one billion dollars” | Shah: DOE Loan Programs Office has 134 applications seeking $121 billion | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | Supported |
| $20B | “twenty billion dollars” | Hamilton: EPA's $20B Green Bank can leverage another $20B in debt | Katherine Hamilton | Jan 19, 2023 | Supported |
| $20B | “twenty billion dollars” | Lacey: FDIC reports $620B in unrealized losses across US banks | Stephen Lacey | Mar 20, 2023 | Supported |
| $15.3B | “15.3 billion dollars” | Hamilton: Georgia Power sees $15.3B investment and 6.6 GW new load | Katherine Hamilton | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| $11.7B | “11.7 billion dollars” | Hamilton: DOE Loan Programs Office Received $11.7B Under IRA | Katherine Hamilton | Dec 22, 2023 | Supported |
| $10B | “ten billion dollars” | Tesla is investing $10 billion annually across AI, Dojo, and robotics | Steve LeVine | May 15, 2024 | Supported |
| $10B | “ten billion dollars” | Piper: IRA created 170k+ jobs and $110B in clean energy manufacturing | Julia Piper | Apr 26, 2024 | Supported |
| $10B | “ten billion dollars” | Downing: Tripling US VPP capacity by 2030 would save $10 billion annually | Jen Downing | Feb 15, 2024 | — |
| $9.4B | “9.4 billion dollars” | Riviera: Formosa Plastics Bid $9.4B for 2,400 Acres in St. James Parish | Gloria Riviera | Mar 13, 2023 | Supported |
| $9B | “nine billion dollars” | Tomlinson: Texas gives natural gas generators $9B annually in subsidies | Chris Tomlinson | Jun 1, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $9B | “nine billion dollars” | Shah: Long-duration energy storage faces market failures with only $9B invested | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | — |
| $9B | “nine billion dollars” | Utility PREPA entered July 2017 bankruptcy with $9 billion in debt | Maria Gallucci | Jun 8, 2022 | Supported |
| $8.5B | “A 7.5 billion dollars” | Josh Becker: CAISO approved $7.5B across 45 transmission projects in 2023 | Josh Becker | Oct 6, 2023 | Supported |
| $7B | “seven billion dollars” | US DOE commits $7 billion to regional hydrogen hubs | Julian Spector | Oct 26, 2023 | Supported |
| $7B | “seven billion dollars” | Lacey: Volkswagen and Ford joint venture valued Argo AI over $7B | Stephen Lacey | Jan 25, 2023 | Supported |
| $6B | “six billion dollars” | Harris: Miami must spend $6B on climate adaptation over 30 years | Alex Harris | Mar 22, 2022 | Open |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Slenk: EPA is distributing $5B in clean school bus rebates | Yesh Pavlik Slenk | May 30, 2023 | Supported |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Lacey: Musk's ventures received over $5 billion in government support | Stephen Lacey | Dec 22, 2021 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Shah: Oil and Gas Outspends Clean Energy 20 to 1 on Influence | Jigar Shah | Feb 19, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Shah: LMI consumers buy $4B in appliances monthly via high-interest debt | Jigar Shah | Jul 16, 2024 | Contradicted |
| $3.7B | “3.7 billion dollars” | Redwood Materials raised $700 million at a $3.7 billion valuation | Julian Spector | Jun 15, 2022 | Supported |
| $2.6B | “2.6 billion dollars” | Wesoff: SolarCity would have gone bankrupt without Tesla's $2.6B acquisition | Eric Wesoff | Dec 22, 2021 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Lacey: Redwood Materials Raised $1B Round Alongside $2B DOE Loan Guarantee | Stephen Lacey | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Brose: Carbon removal pledges total $1.5B to $2B | Raphael Brose | Dec 6, 2022 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | SMUD is investing $2B to cut 1M metric tons of carbon in transport and buildings | Paul Lau | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Lacey: Zero EV chargers built yet from $7.5B federal infrastructure program | Stephen Lacey | Dec 12, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Lacey: Ascend Elements Raised Over $500M Following $480M Federal Grant | Stephen Lacey | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Hassin: Displacing industrial metals will require roughly $500M in investment | Bryan Guido Hassin | Mar 20, 2023 | — |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Musk financed Twitter deal with $12.5B in Tesla stock collateral | Stephen Lacey | May 4, 2022 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Wesoff: Tesla likely would not exist today without $465M DOE loan guarantee | Eric Wesoff | Dec 22, 2021 | — |
| $1.2B | “1.2 billion dollars” | Lacey: US Unveils $1.2B in Direct Air Capture Hub Funding | Stephen Lacey | Aug 23, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Fernandez: Infrastructure investors back FOAK projects for multi-project platform deployment options | Mario Fernandez | Jun 4, 2025 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Janis: RMI study shows GETs unlock over 6 GW on PJM grid | Brian Janous | Mar 6, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Wesoff: Russia supplies 46% of world enriched uranium; US buys $1B annually | Eric Wesoff | Dec 12, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Senator Becker: California spent $1B extending dirty legacy power plants | Josh Becker | Oct 6, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lacey: Redwood Materials Raised $1B Round Alongside $2B DOE Loan Guarantee | Stephen Lacey | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lacey: Form Energy has raised nearly $1B from investors | Stephen Lacey | Jul 12, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Jaramillo: Form Energy's $750M plant will produce 50 GWh annually | Mateo Jaramillo | Jul 12, 2023 | — |
| $1B | “one billion dollars” | Lott: European Energy Purchases Supplied Russia an Estimated $1B Daily | Dr. Melissa Lott | Jul 6, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Grid operators blocked Ameren from retiring its Rush Island coal plant | Michael Boyle | Feb 22, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “one billion dollars” | Mark Fields: Ford is investing $1 billion in startup Argo AI | Mark Fields | Jan 25, 2023 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Shah: Commercial-scale clean industrial plants cannot be built on equity alone | Jigar Shah | Jan 19, 2023 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Adams: LADWP contracts $1B in water and $1.2B in power annually | Marty Adams | Mar 28, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lacey: Tesla received nearly $1B in NY subsidies for idle factory | Stephen Lacey | Dec 22, 2021 | Supported |
| $700M | “seven hundred million dollars” | Wesoff: Nuclear industry has unprecedented financial and government backing | Eric Wesoff | Dec 12, 2023 | — |
| $700M | “seven hundred million dollars” | Redwood Materials raised $700 million at a $3.7 billion valuation | Julian Spector | Jun 15, 2022 | Supported |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Li-Cycle raised over $500 million through a SPAC merger | Julian Spector | Jun 15, 2022 | Supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Shah: GE Hitachi commits $400M upfront to complete plant design | Jigar Shah | May 17, 2023 | Supported |
| $290M | “two hundred ninety million dollars” | Jaramillo: West Virginia provided $290M in financing for 750 jobs by 2028 | Mateo Jaramillo | Jul 1, 2026 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Shah: Oil and Gas Outspends Clean Energy 20 to 1 on Influence | Jigar Shah | Feb 19, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Shah: Tennessee committed $200M to accelerate TVA nuclear deployment at Clinch River | Jigar Shah | May 1, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Shah: Incompetent states are failing to apply for $4B in federal funds | Jigar Shah | Jan 19, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “A hundred million dollars” | Dennett: An extra $100M would not fundamentally change Endolith's ultimate success | Liz Dennett | Aug 26, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Carneiro: Boston Metal needs $100M CapEx to double Brazil plant capacity | Tadeu Carneiro | Nov 7, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Fernandez: Infrastructure investors back FOAK projects for multi-project platform deployment options | Mario Fernandez | Jun 4, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Bhargava: Lack of software rate-basing will force artificial hardware bundling | Apoorv Bhargava | Apr 17, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lee: SMBC found infrastructure projects under $100M unfeasible due to process costs | Amanda Lee | Mar 12, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Janis: RMI study shows GETs unlock over 6 GW on PJM grid | Brian Janous | Mar 6, 2024 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Jaramillo: Form Energy acquired NantEnergy after it spent $100M on air cathodes | Mateo Jaramillo | Jul 12, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Miami Beach stopped neighborhood flooding with $100 million in drainage pumps | Michael Grunwald | Oct 24, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Westhoff: US Solar Industry Employs Four Times More People Than Coal | Eric Wesoff | Apr 27, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Shugar: Texas hailstorm destroyed non-Nextracker solar project, costing over $70 million | Dan Shugar | Mar 26, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $50M | “fifty million dollars” | Gallucci: Avangrid and Shell paid fines to exit Massachusetts wind projects | Maria Gallucci | Nov 3, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $47M | “forty seven million dollars” | Captura raised $47M in Series A financing | Steve Oldham | Nov 19, 2025 | — |
| $45M | “forty-five million dollars” | Lacey: Geologic hydrogen startup Koloma raised $245 million | Stephen Lacey | Feb 22, 2024 | Supported |
| $29M | “twenty-nine million dollars” | Hamilton: Big Three auto CEOs earn $21M–$29M, 300x their workers | Katherine Hamilton | Sep 29, 2023 | Supported |
| $8M | “eight million dollars” | Pfund: ADM paid $8M to low-carbon farmers in six-month FBN pilot | Nancy Pfund | Oct 16, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $7M | “seven million dollars” | Grunwald: Symbrosia raised $7M to grow seaweed feed, backed by Danone | Michael Grunwald | Sep 15, 2022 | Supported |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Palazzi: One utility saved $5M in a month improving demand forecasts | Titian Palazzi | Mar 14, 2024 | — |
| $5M | “five million dollars” | Rosas: Stockton bought four electric buses and 24 chargers for $5M | Gilbert Bluefeather Rosas | May 30, 2023 | Supported |
| $1.5M | “1.5 million dollars” | Patton: Marathon received $1.5M in ITEP tax exemptions per job created | Jane Patton | Mar 13, 2023 | Supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Pinkowski: Nitricity won a California sales tax exemption worth nearly $1M | Nico Pinkowski | Jul 15, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Lee: Distributed energy faces crushing operational overhead compared to utility-scale projects | Amanda Lee | Jun 12, 2025 | — |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Tomlinson: Texas transmission lines cost about $1M per mile | Chris Tomlinson | Jun 1, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1M | “a million dollars” | Slenk: Modesto's 30 new electric buses will save $250K annually on fuel | Yesh Pavlik Slenk | May 30, 2023 | Didn’t hold up |
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