In an hourlong address before the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, President Donald Trump lashed out at those promoting “the green energy agenda,” saying it had left many European countries “on the brink of destruction” and dismissing climate change as a “hoax” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”

Along the way, Trump made numerous false and misleading claims about renewable energy and climate change, many of which we’ve fact-checked before.

WIND FARMS IN CHINA

Trump wrongly claimed that while China sells most of the world’s wind turbines, “they have very few wind farms.” In fact, China has more wind farms than any other country in the world, by far.

“Most” wind turbines “are built in China and I give China a lot of credit,” Trump said. “They build them, but they

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