Author: Sydney Robinson

This Energy Company Made an Environmental Mess – Now They Want Their Customers to Clean it Up

This Energy Company Made an Environmental Mess – Now They Want Their Customers to Clean it Up

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | |

Duke Energy, a mammoth electrical company that serves much of the nation, is seeking to hike electricity rates for customers to help clean up their environmental messes. Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke located in North Carolina, is hoping to increase the rate customers would pay by a substantial 15 percent. The hike would affect 1.3 million customers located in certain areas of North Carolina. That 15% increase in rate would translate into $477 million in revenue extra per year, a hefty sum of cash that Duke is hoping to put toward several avenues, one of which is...

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Trump Administration to Rival Obama In Civilian Casualties Abroad

Trump Administration to Rival Obama In Civilian Casualties Abroad

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , |

Despite the praiseworthy aspects of former President Barack Obama, his abysmal record concerning civilian casualties in wars abroad, as well as his broad use of drone strikes and other legal methods of war meant that he will be long-remembered, not as the “hope” and “change” president, but one who helped to further ISIS’s agenda by breeding an entire new generation of terrorists. Now, President Trump seems set on rivaling that record. According to an investigation conducted by The Daily Beast, the number of civilian casualties caused by U.S. raids under President Trump in the war against ISIS is on...

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Crowdfunding Documentary “The Devil We Know” Aims to Take Down DuPont For Environmental Crimes

Crowdfunding Documentary “The Devil We Know” Aims to Take Down DuPont For Environmental Crimes

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , , , |

At the Ring of Fire Network, we have long followed the ongoing saga between chemical corporation DuPont and the legal system as injured Americans seek justice and transparency regarding the company’s dangerous products. Now, a documentary on the subject is being created, thanks to an ongoing crowdfunding effort on IndieGoGo. From the documentarians and filmmakers who brought us “Super Size Me,” “FED UP,” and “GMO OMG” comes “The Devil We Know.” A new documentary is exposing the dangerous chemicals in our water and homes. Watch Mike Papantonio in this clip from @DevilWeKnowFilm pic.twitter.com/W2MiQRwIL7 — The Ring of Fire (@ringoffireradio)...

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Mitch McConnell Remains the Least Popular Senator – So How Does He Stay in Office?

Mitch McConnell Remains the Least Popular Senator – So How Does He Stay in Office?

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , |

Thanks to a poll published last week, we know that Mitch McConnell, Senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader, remains the least popular Senator with his constituency. This means that of all the states in the Union, McConnell is the Senator most disliked by the very people who put him into office. Considering Senator Bernie Sanders is the most popular, believing that McConnell would be so woefully behind isn’t hard. Of course, this requires a follow-up question: if voters in Kentucky dislike McConnell so much, why is he still in office? This question must first and foremost begin with...

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Mar-A-Lago Visitors Records to Be Made Public Thanks to Lawsuit from Watchdog Group

Mar-A-Lago Visitors Records to Be Made Public Thanks to Lawsuit from Watchdog Group

Posted by | Jul 17, 2017 | , |

Thanks to ongoing legal action in the interest of transparency, the NSA and Department of Homeland Security are set to release Mar-A-lago visitor logs to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The organization plans to make the records publicly available as soon as they are turned over to them, which will take place on or before September 8. The lawsuit launched by CREW called on the White House to pursue transparency with the American public by releasing all visitor logs at the White House, Trump Tower and Mar-A-Lago. The DHS agreed to release the logs at...

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