LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Drug companies have been showcasing their progress in the fight against many common forms of cancer at the world’s largest oncology research meeting in Chicago, which began Friday and will continue through Tuesday. New drugs, which have proven more effective than existing drugs in treating forms of lung, prostate and breast…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Democratic officials have vowed to implement the goals of the Paris climate agreement, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the accord Thursday. New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio vowed to issue an executive order soon to honor the goals of the Paris accord, which is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White France’s President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that his country has no interest in taking up the Trump administration’s offer of renegotiating the terms of the Paris climate deal. Macron told President Donald Trump that France will keep open lines of communication with Washington, D.C., but the country will no…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch As President Donald Trump prepared to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change, the media is rife with stories about how China pledged to fully implement its global warming pledge. China did vow to keep its Paris agreement commitments, but that won’t really mean much…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the contentious Paris climate accord is unlikely to substantially affect greenhouse gas levels that scientists believe contribute to global warming. Trump’s move to pull the country out of a nearly 200-nation climate pact seeking to reduce the world’s temperature could put…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump said a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement is “in America’s economic interest and won’t matter much to the climate.” “The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord,” Trump said in the Rose Garden Thursday, announcing his pulling out of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett For the seventh time, a government agency has contradicted claims made by environmentalists and found hydraulic fracturing doesn’t pose a grave threat to drinking water. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a study Wednesday that examined 116 water wells across the energy-rich regions of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Political writer and columnist for The Daily Beast Matt Lewis schooled CNN’s “New Day” panel Wednesday regarding President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Former President Obama formally entered the U.S. into the Paris Agreement in September of 2016. Originally, it was an effort to reduce global emissions, but…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA announced Wednesday it’s building a space probe to touch the sun. The Parker Solar Probe (PSP), or Solar Probe Plus, is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2018. The probe will orbit within four million miles of the sun’s surface, through its outer corona, to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump will fulfill his campaign pledge to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two sources with direct knowledge of the decision say. Trump is working with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and a small group of administration officials to work out how withdrawal…