The overseas wars that the US military has been involved with for nearly two decades have been unpopular with the American public for a very long time. Both Obama and Trump campaigned on promises of ending the wars, or at the very least significantly scaling them back. However, while both administrations oversaw small and ceremonial troop withdrawals, the US military’s involvement overseas did not slow down and didn’t seem to miss a beat from the Bush era.
In most of the world, the cities and their architecture were not designed with the environmental impact in mind. Until quite recently, humans were unaware of the effect that they had on the environment, but now that our capabilities to cause damage have become so great, the fact has become impossible to ignore.
Experts are finding that there are more efficient and sustainable ways to organize our cities, but there aren’t many real-life examples of these ideas...
It’s hard to imagine that cement could possibly be replaced by any other material for major construction projects, but the industry is starting to look at alternatives for a variety of different environmental and economic reasons.
According to Bloomberg, cement manufacturers are responsible for roughly 7% of annual global carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, the massive demand for cement has created a global shortage of sand, which could have a disastrous impact on both the environment and the economy.
Surprisingly, hemp-based concretes are among the most promising and environmentally sustainable alternatives to...
Recent tests have shown that an oil refinery in Denver called Suncor Energy has been spewing over 8.5 tons of hydrogen cyanide gas over the low-income communities that surround it. Oddly enough, the refinery is exempt from disclosing their hydrogen cyanide emissions to the public, but independent tests have shown their output of the gas to be astronomical.
In fact, according to Cross Community Coalition director Candi Cdebaca, air quality control officials actually gave the refinery a special permit that allows them to...
Denver, one of the first places in the country to see medical and legal cannabis, may soon get the chance to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms. According to CPR.com, the advocacy group, Colorado for Psilocybin proposed a legal measure that would do away with felony charges for people caught in possession of mushrooms.
Tyler Williams, one of the leaders of the Psilocybin Decriminalization Initiative said that people should not be jailed for consuming mushrooms.
“I’m a big believer in cognitive liberty, and so whatever people decide to consume I think...
There are several different examples of political spectrums in use today. Most people in the U.S. measure the political parties and philosophies across a horizontal line, from liberal to conservative. Others see the political spectrum as a square with totalitarianism in the top corner and freedom in the opposing corner. We tend to disagree with most political spectrums because they...
For the past 2 years, John Vibes has been ill. He went back and forth between doctors describing strange symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes, lightheadedness, dizziness and shortness of breath: most doctors dismissed the symptoms as no big deal.
Contrary to the initial opinion of most doctors, after months of uncertainty John finally learned he had lymphoma in April 2016.
Prosecutors in Belgium have recently announced that executives with pharmaceutical companies based in the country will be charged with knowingly providing drug cartels with prescription drugs that were used to manufacture methamphetamine.
The companies Sterop and Andiron, as well as an unnamed firm, are accused of providing the Mexican drug kingpin Ezio Figueroa Vazquez with several tons of ephedrine, knowing that it would be used in the production of methamphetamine.
Prosecutors have said that there are seven executives who were charged with crimes, but they have not...
This week, the US government used drones and airstrikes to fire missiles and drop bombs in a country that they aren’t at war with, killing at least 150 people. This act of aggression took place in Somalia, where the US military regularly stages drone strikes and other attacks, despite the fact that they have not declared war on the country. The government claims that every single one of the victims were “militants” or terrorists; however, they have not revealed the identities of the...
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