Overpopulation Overpowers Ocean
Two-thirds of once-vast sea now stressed by exponentially increasing human activity National Geographic – April 2017 magazine cover “The Next Human” …... Read More
Countries with Largest Ecological Footprints all Have Large Populations
The Oakland-based Global Footprint Network – a nonprofit that calculates the demands of human economies on ecosystems – has released the ecological... Read More
Finally, California’s Brutal Drought is Over
What Next? At long last, a winter of record-breaking rainstorms and Sierra Nevada snowstorms has vanquished California’s record-breaking drought. It took record... Read More
California’s Crappy Air Quality
Population Overwhelms Pollution Control USA Today reports that six of the top ten cities with the most polluted air in America are... Read More
Western Consumption is Deadly
Boosted by Immigration-Driven Population Growth, our Gluttony is Linked to Thousands of Deaths Worldwide One of the topics addressed in a 2016... Read More
Lots of People + Lots of Lights = Light Pollution
From Down Under comes a curious headline that “Light pollution is killing astronomy.” For many folks, the very notion that too much... Read More
The Late, Outspoken Doug Tompkins Sounds off on Overpopulation, Overconsumption
More than a year has now passed since the tragic kayaking accident on a South American lake – Lago General Carrerra in... Read More
On the Road in the Philippines: A Look at Mass Deforestation
Checkpoint for illegal logging in the Phillipines Traveling in Mindanao at the bottom of the Philippines this month, I decided to take... Read More
Population, Pollution, Climate Change and Environmental Justice in California
The Folly of Wanting to Have Your Cake and Eat it too There are two red-hot political issues which California Gov. Jerry... Read More
One Primate’s Population Soars, Causing Hundreds of Others to Sink
On Planet Earth as a whole, the population of exactly one species of primate is surging, at the expense of hundreds of... Read More