March 2, 2017

EPA Budget Cuts Threaten Environmental Groups Control

EPA Budget Cuts Threaten Environmental Groups Control

CNN reports that President Trumps’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could be facing budget cuts and staff reductions: The source spelled out details of an Office of Management and Budget proposal that would cut the EPA’s budget by 24% and reduce its staffing by 20%. Some of the EPA’s most longstanding and best-known programs are facing […]
March 1, 2017

Tesla Engineer Describes Culture of “Pervasive Harassment”

Tesla Engineer Describes Culture of “Pervasive Harassment”

A recent lawsuit filed by a female engineer at Tesla has perhaps sparked another crisis for cash-strapped company. The Guardian reports that Tesla engineer AJ Vandermeyden has accused the company of having a “culture of pervasive harassment:” Vandermeyden, 33, shared her story with the Guardian at a time when Silicon Valley is reeling from the […]
February 28, 2017

Dakota Access Protesters Leave Behind Puppies to Freeze to Death

Dakota Access Protesters Leave Behind Puppies to Freeze to Death

File this under: ‘you can’t make it up.’ After leaving mountains of trash at the Dakota Access protest site, and lighting their camps on fire, it turns out some protesters left puppies behind to freeze to death:
February 28, 2017

Trump/Pruitt WOTUS Rollback Is A Bipartisan Win, While Enviros Cry Foul

Trump/Pruitt WOTUS Rollback Is A Bipartisan Win, While Enviros Cry Foul

On Tuesday, President Trump will sign an executive order that rolls back President Obama’s controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
February 27, 2017

Gunman Takes Aim At Florida Pipeline Site

Gunman Takes Aim At Florida Pipeline Site

Sunday morning an unidentified man, armed with a rifle, opened fire at construction equipment used for the Sabal Trail Pipeline (STP). The gunman was fatally shot by police after he waved his gun at them following a chase:
February 27, 2017

Enviro Left Freaks Over Possible EPA Cuts, Forgets Reports of Waste

Enviro Left Freaks Over Possible EPA Cuts, Forgets Reports of Waste

With reports that President Trump may make cuts to the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Environmentalist Left is freaking out ahead of time.
February 24, 2017

Are Wind Turbines Killing A Tool In The Fight Against Terrorism?

Are Wind Turbines Killing A Tool In The Fight Against Terrorism?

Regulations issued late in the Obama administration permitted wind farms to kill birds that could be useful in the fight against terrorism. In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued rules that allowed wind farms to kill bald eagles and golden eagles, up to 4,200 per year. However, in France, a special army unit […]
February 24, 2017

Is America Next for These European-Style Car Taxes?

Is America Next for These European-Style Car Taxes?

The City of London will charge a new $27 dollar fee for all pre-2004 cars to entering the city center on weekdays, a tax likely to hit lower income people hardest. The new fee comes on top of other taxes for driving in London, and other proposals to double parking fees for, or outright ban, […]
February 24, 2017

Enviros Hype Chinese Solar Plant That’s 1% as Effective as a CA Nat Gas Plant

Enviros Hype Chinese Solar Plant That’s 1% as Effective as a CA Nat Gas Plant

On Thursday, Scientific American’s Brian Kahn gushed over the “largest solar farm in the world,” a facility in China that can generate 850 megawatts of electricity from “over 10 square miles of the high desert landscape.” That’s quite a land grab.