For the past several decades the US has pursued policies that promote energy independence and both energy and national security. As part of this pursuit, high volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technologies were first developed in the late 1940s by Halliburton, and its technological advances after the 1970s have rapidly increased oil …
Do you like to breathe? I hope so, because it’s an involuntary action that keeps us alive. Of the air I can breathe, clean air is my favorite. Polluted air is not clean air. Not only is it not fun to breathe (think of car exhaust), but it’s detrimental to your health. …
For my junior and senior years of high school, I moved to Wales to attend boarding school. I have always been fascinated by metro systems so I developed a quick familiarity with the London Underground during frequent weekend and school holiday visits. I would spend hours exploring the city on the Tube, sometimes …
MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MEETINGS…. After two months into the internship, I was already feeling comfortable in both formal and informal settings. Fall season at the World Health Organization (WHO) means a lot of meetings. I was asked to be a note-taker for the Human Biomointoring meeting and the Economics Symposium …
After 9 months in the US, I was itching to get back to Mexico. Don’t get me wrong; I love the US for things that Mexico is not. But I am a Mexican, through and through. My parents come from Guadalajara, Mexico but moved over to Australia in the early …