LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The president of the Sierra Club thought he’d send out a tweet about how good the Trump administration is at lying, but he instead ended up making fun of the Obama administration. Aaron Mair tweeted that the Trump administration’s “diplomatic lying” was “full on Baghdad Bob” —…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The owners of the Washington, D.C., establishment Cork Wine Bar are suing President Donald Trump and the new Trump International Hotel, alleging that Trump is unfairly hurting their business. Cork Wine Bar offers 200 international wines to its customers, but now the owners Khalid Pitts and Diane…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Environmentalists were in panic mode Wednesday as the Senate confirmed former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Environmentalists opposed Tillerson before and after his nomination, citing his career in oil and natural gas and Russian business ties. It may be unsurprising then that every major…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Environmentalists accused the head of the company behind the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline of committing genocide during demonstrations against a Texas oil pipeline. Tane Ward, the organizing manager for environmentalist group Sierra Club, directed a series of protests at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in…
Andrew Follett America shut down enough coal power plants last year to blackout Great Britain, according a report published by pro-industry Institute For Energy Research (IER), citing data from The Sierra Club. The total amount of electrical power generation going offline in America is equivalent to blacking out the entirety of the United Kingdom. American coal use has…