Mark Tsyrouk

The Ukrainian Conflict Reveals Putin Has Already Lost The Culture War

March 24, 2022 / By

In deciphering Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, some political commentators are covering the war with deceitful contrarianism, condemning the United States for “provocative” foreign policy in the Slavic region. Supposedly, the eastward expansion of NATO – a defensive military alliance that has yet to attack Moscow since 1949 – makes people empathetic towards nuclear conflict. …

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UTAH | State and National Parks in Stunning 4K

October 25, 2021 / By

Explore the scenic environment of Utah and its state and national parks in high-resolution 4K. The footage includes views of: Crystal GeyserGreen River, UTCanyonlands National ParkArches National ParkZion National ParkGrafton, UTGoblin Valley State ParkBonneville Salt FlatsWendover AirfieldAntelope Island State ParkUtah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT I take documentary-style approaches to my travel vlogs, highlighting …

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Hard to Swallow: Exploring Corruption and Cover-Ups During the Flint Water Crisis

August 24, 2021 / By

Note: This article was originally written as a report on May 6, 2021. The story of a working-class neighborhood betrayed by its public institutions, often to be economically frugal, is too common for comfort. Poverty and man-made environmental disasters are correlated even in “first-world” nations such as the United States; from the Centralia Mine Fire …

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How Far Should the United States Go to Stop Climate Change Acceleration?

July 31, 2021 / By

To the novice environmentalist, the U.S. fossil fuel industry is an unfashionable and soon-to-be bygone market. President Joe Biden and his White House National Climate Advisor, Gina McCarthy, aren’t blankly idolizing renewables either. Since January, the Administration gave several blows to oil and natural gas firms, pausing new extraction leases on federal land, revoking permits …

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Is Climate Change Abatement Anti-Capitalist? Possibly

July 26, 2021 / By

Last week, over forty world leaders participated in a climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, who was quickly commended for reentering the Paris Climate Agreement since the withdraw in 2017.[1] The convention was full of ambition and promises; the United States and Canada announced cutting their greenhouse gases in half by 2030, while …

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