LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Former presidential candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called for a political revolution against hydraulic fracturing during a Facebook Live with an anti-oil activist Thursday. Sanders and Josh Fox, the director of the “Gasland” series, blamed the fossil fuel industry, combined with a lack of activism, for the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch One of the leaders of the movement to ban hydraulic fracturing said white people in North Dakota “committed genocide” against American Indians to build a Chili’s restaurant. Filmmaker Josh Fox tweeted his screed against “white culture” while in North Dakota to support protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline…
Andrew Follett Anti-fracking activist Josh Fox endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president Sunday. Fox, who directed the two “Gasland” films, is one of the most prominent public opponents of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and horizontal drilling. Fox endorsed Sanders because “simply put, Bernie Sanders wants to ban fracking nationwide, that’s his position.” He goes on to claim that “families…