Carrying Capacity, Populations and People
PDF Download: issues_carrying_capacity_1mb.pdf We can’t evade carrying capacity any more than death, taxes or gravity By Leon Kolankiewicz, CAPS Senior Writing Fellow... Read More
Overpopulation, Drought and Syria’s Devastating Five-Year Civil War
Consequences include mass savagery, suffering, death and the stampede of refugees toward Europe on a vast scale. Large areas of the... Read More
Apparently in Some Parallel Universe L.A. Air is Too Clean, California’s Coast Too Undeveloped
Recent staff firings by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the California Coastal Commission (CCC) suggest that the never-ending... Read More
The Toxification, Sickening of our Planet
Environmental contamination causes 1 in 4 deaths worldwide. A report released on March 15 by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that... Read More
Ever-Growing Human Demands Stress Biosphere: The Case of Fertilizers, Livestock Production and Dead Zones
The BBC reports that a recent scientific study in the journal Nature Communications indicates that global food production requires a “significant” boost... Read More
Georgie Anne Geyer: Journalist with a heart…and a brain
Georgie Anne Geyer In a journalism career now spanning more than half a century, Chicago native Georgie Anne Geyer has worked as... Read More
2,000 Years of Global Growth in 6 Minutes
The NGO Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) has produced an outstanding, visually arresting 6-minute video that graphically dramatizes the... Read More
New Report Ignores Leading Cause of Environmental Degradation in U.S. – Population Growth
The Huffington Post reports that the 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), compiled by distinguished experts at two ivory tower Ivy League institutions... Read More
Population Ignored Yet Again; This Time at Recent Paris Talks
Every human being on Earth emits carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs), both directly and indirectly. Every time each of... Read More
Climate Gone Crazy
Epic California Drought Just One Manifestation of Weather Out of Whack If a picture is worth a thousand words, then perhaps 200... Read More