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AOC Confuses Natural Gas For Oil In Video Explaining Why Pipelines Are Bad

Thomas Catenacci on November 16, 2021 Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused a number of facts about fossil fuels in a video to her followers explaining why pipelines are bad for the country. The congresswoman mistakenly asserted that the Keystone XL and Line 3 pipelines were proposed to increase U.S. natural gas exports in…

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Ocasio-Cortez Deletes Tweet Cheering Oil Crash That Will Result In Scores Of Lost Jobs

Jason Hopkins on April 20, 2020 Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted — and then quickly deleted — comments that appeared to show adulation over the price of oil dipping below $0 a barrel, which will ultimately lead to job losses. Ocasio-Cortez on Monday reacted gleefully at news that the price of oil had…

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US CO2 Emissions Plummet Under Trump While The Rest Of The World Emits More

Michael Bastasch on October 17, 2018   U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.7 percent from 2016 levels, according to the EPA. Emissions on a per-capita basis hit a 67-year low last year, federal data shows, and supporters are touting EPA’s data as proof Trump’s agenda is working. EPA’s new data comes on news that, globally,…

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How GOP’s Tax Deal Could End Gov Brown’s Anti-Fossil Fuel Fantasies

CHRIS WHITE Energy Reporter 7:45 AM 11/11/2017 Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown’s mission to eliminate the state’s gas-powered vehicles could come screeching to a halt if President Donald Trump’s tax proposal passes through Congress unscathed. The tax bill would zero out the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Credit, a program giving a $7,500 tax credit to…

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CONSENSUS: Still No Connection Between Global Warming And Floods

By: Michael Bastasch As scientists and media pundits debate human activity’s role in Hurricane Harvey, a new study finds no evidence global warming increased flooding over North America and Europe. A study published in the Journal of Hydrology found “the number of significant trends in major-flood occurrence across North America and Europe was approximately the number expected…

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The Solar Eclipse May Wreak Havoc On The U.S. Power Grid

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Tim Pearce Electricity generators, grid operators, and utility companies are bracing for a once in a lifetime solar eclipse Monday that will drastically cut power produced from solar resources, Bloomberg reports. The eclipse will starve the U.S. electrical grid of about 12,000 megawatts of solar power. Energy companies have prepared…

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Study Claims 60K Farmers Commit Suicide Because Of Global Warming

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by CHRIS WHITE Global warming contributed to the suicides of tens of thousands of Indian farmers during the last 30 years, according to a study published Tuesday. An increase of just 1 degrees Celsius on an average day during the growing season was associated with 67 more suicides, according to a…

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Oil Industry And Left-Wing Enviros Find Common Cause In A Carbon Tax

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Michael Bastasch Environmentalists have linked arms with the oil industry to push a nationwide tax on carbon dioxide emissions as a “conservative” way to fight global warming. The Climate Leadership Council (CLC) unveiled Tuesday some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies were among its donors, including BP, ExxonMobil,…

Even Green CEOs Admit Using 100% Wind Or Solar Energy Is A ‘Hoax’

Andrew Follett Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation A green energy CEO says companies selling the idea that everything in modern civilization can rely solely on solar and wind power are selling a “hoax.” Customers think their homes are powered entirely with green energy and pay extra money for the service, while they’re actually getting conventional electricity in most…

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Trump Signs Sweeping Order To Dismantle Obama Climate Policies, Promote ‘Energy Independence’

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rescind a slew of Obama administration policies aimed at tackling global warming and promote “energy independence.” “The miners told me about the attacks on their jobs and their livelihoods,” Trump told those gathered at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters where he…