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05/19/2018 / By Vicki Batts

SLAUGHTER: The USDA killed more than 1.3 million native animals last year

A branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come under fire for the ruthless killing of wild animals. Known as the Wildlife Services, the department is responsible for millions of wildlife deaths every year — a fact that is rather ironic, given that the USDA is charged with animal welfare. The death toll […]

05/09/2018 / By JD Heyes

EPA’s Pruitt trying to bring science transparency to an agency whose former administrator hid communications using an alias email account

There is an old saying in the Air Force that goes something like, “You know you’re over your target when you start taking the most flak.” Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt is doing precisely what President Donald J. Trump nominated him to do — bring accountability to an agency where none existed and to […]

04/25/2018 / By JD Heyes

What a concept: EPA administrator Pruitt to implement new rule that the agency can only use REAL science when making policy

One of President Donald J. Trump’s original Cabinet picks is proving to be just the warrior the country needs in the battle against expensive, strangling, opportunity-killing Big Government: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt sued the Obama EPA several times over the agency’s imposition of radical and expensive environmental rules […]

03/18/2018 / By David Williams

Government WASTE: Grant money intended for cleaning up air pollution in Texas was used for lobbying and “social” expenses instead

It’s hard enough to push for more widespread adoption of clean energy options in the U.S. as it is. Corrupt government officials certainly haven’t made it any easier. Now a recently released report from the Department of Energy (DOE) reveals that several million in funds allocated for a large clean energy project in Texas have […]

01/15/2018 / By JD Heyes

Environmentalists want Feds to go BACK and impound Cliven Bundy’s cattle AGAIN after agents abused him and his family in 2014

Federal prosecutors and the Bureau of Land Management could not have treated Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his family any more unjustly, but environmentalists are now pushing the government to go back to Bundy’s ranch and essentially steal his cattle again. In case you missed it, in recent days a federal judge threw out a case […]

01/03/2018 / By News Editors

‘Meat tax’ proposal highlights why people can’t stand vegans

I remember when a couple friends of mine mentioned they didn’t eat meat. I had made a suggestion for a dish to try as we checked out the menu, and they simply responded with their dietary choices. That was the entirety of that particular exchange. After all, what do I care what they eat as […]

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