Tags: Environment

Attending the Arctic Circle Assembly: Interview With Zach Zimmermann

The Arctic Circle Assembly took place this October in Reykjavik, Iceland. Attendants included the crown prince of Norway, the president of Estonia, and the...

Commercial Whaling Can Never Be Sustainable

It's March 2020. You are pacing the grocery store aisles, frantically searching for the inexistent products on the shelves. The World is in the...

Change on the Horizon

The sound of the monthly tornado alarm tests is a childhood staple in my household. Every first Tuesday of the month, tornado alarms are...

Nigeria Devastated by Worst Floods in a Decade

Intense floods have hit and affected most of Nigeria, and they are expected to continue throughout November. 33 out of 36 Nigerian states were...

Famous Artworks Targeted by Climate Change Protests

With growing concern on important issues such as climate change, demonstrators have turned to new ways of seizing media spotlight. On October 14th, two...

Nordstream Blast: Sabotage at Sea?

Russia is the largest natural gas reserve on the world stage, but it only became a significant producer and exporter of natural gas in...

Has Climate Activism Gone Too Far?

On October 14th of this year, tomato soup was thrown all over Van Gough’s famous Sunflowers. The two climate activists involved, Phoebe Plummer and...

Why you should care about Zaporizhzhia

Earlier this month, Russia declared the occupation of the area of Zaporizhzhia, home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The threat of a nuclear...

The German Energiewende in Light of the Russian Embargo

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, Moscow reduced natural gas flows to many economies in Europe, sending the European community into a...

Typhoon Nanmadol Hits Japan

Japan’s southwestern region fell victim to the country’s fourteenth typhoon of the season on the evening of 18th September, 2022. Strong winds, and large...

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History’s Shortest Term of Martial Law: 157 Minutes of Fear In South Korea

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea unexpectedly declared martial law in the country for the first time in 50 years, prohibiting political activities...

When in Doubt, Meditate it Out 

Life as a member of the IE community can be stressful—whether you’re a student or a teacher, one thing we can all agree on...

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Murder and the Healthcare Debate in the US

The murder of UnitedHealthCare’s CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4th has pushed the debate over the United States healthcare system into the center of attention. Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealthGroup, one of America’s largest companies, provided private health insurance to over 49 million individuals across the US and was holding its annual investor’s conference in New York City when its CEO was shot directly in front of the hotel hosting the conference.