Environment

(Photo credit: Chris McGrath) By Ian Nemelka During the November elections, voters rejected the majority of state ballot initiatives intended to curb climate change. In Arizona, an amendment to [...]

Photo from Mental Floss By Carter Harrison If you have spent any time on social media over the last 6 years, the face of the blobfish might be familiar to you. Now, don’t you worry, this isn’t [...]

By Ian Nemelka While I was working for the United States Senate, I once found myself speaking to a woman from Helper, Utah regarding multiple use on public lands. She, a member of a local [...]

Photo Credit: Frédéric Paulussen by Ian Nemelka Every year, Chapman University conducts a survey regarding America’s biggest fears. Pollution and global warming have typically made the top ten on [...]

Photo by Donald Giannatti By Ian Nemelka Remember when the cost of a gallon of gas was teetering between $5 to $6 dollars a gallon in many regions of the United States? Well it is largely due to [...]

(Photo: Warner Home Video)   By Ian Nemelka As Labor day weekend passes, unofficially marking the end to Summer for many, gas prices will slowly, but surely begin to drop. Why is gasoline [...]

by Ian Nemelka The West is on fire. Smoke from wildfires both in and out-of-state fill the valleys in an opaque blanket obscuring the mountains. Why is it that every fire season seems more severe [...]