After months of difficult negotiations, the United States and China have reached an accord on reducing their respective country’s contributions to the global climate problem. This past Wednesday, President Obama and President Xi Jinping jointly announced an agreement to cut carbon emissions. In this agreement, the U.S. has agreed to reduce its carbon emissions between… Read more »
Image via Wikimedia CommonsI remember the days of my earth science class in middle school. I learned about geological formations, seismic activities, and meteorological and climatological studies. These subjects were presented to me as facts, with no political commentary to cloud my comprehension of the information. Yet in today’s society, science, particularly the science of… Read more »
Raising the minimum wage seems to be a trending economic push within city councils, state assemblies, and the federal government. Since the beginning of the year, the White House has been actively lobbying Congress to raise the minimum wage by proposing an hourly jump of $2.85, bringing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour…. Read more »