The California Rains Didn’t End the Drought
The recent deluge of rain in California caused considerable inconvenience, including threats of flash floods and mudslides which made it necessary for... Read More
National Security on a Crowded, Troubled Planet
In recent years, U.S. military leaders have become increasingly worried about the menacing implications for our national security due to deteriorating environmental... Read More
The Accelerating Garbage-Waste Conundrum
American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and smothered with rubbish. I... Read More
A Bad Omen for California’s Future? Drought Declaration Suspends State’s Foremost Environmental Law
As an environmental planner in California, I prepared many Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Initial Studies and Negative Declarations on flood control, road... Read More
A Tale of Three States
Half a century ago, California’s movers and shakers were giddy that the Golden State was about to surpass the Empire State –... Read More
California Drought Signals Limits on Growth
California now faces what Gov. Jerry Brown describes as perhaps the state’s worst drought since record-keeping began a century ago. Water shortages... Read More
Less a Water Shortage than a People ‘Longage’
A January 19, 2014 article in the San Francisco Chronicle – “California Drought: Water officials look to rules of ’70s”– raises the... Read More
It’s the Bottom of the Ninth – Now it’s Nature’s Turn to Bat
“Nature is no longer merely the inert stage on which the human drama plays out. Nature…has its own grand narrative…that says you... Read More
Wagering on the World’s Future
In 1981, two flamboyant American college professors with diametrically different worldviews made an unfortunate bet that we population and environmental activists have... Read More
Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
A fascinating article in an alternative Canadian newspaper hit on something important recently when it claimed that “it’s not cool to be... Read More