Kauai Fights to Reduce Traffic Congestion, Preserve its Environment in Hawaii
Every year, INRIX, Inc., a traffic data and insights organization, releases its findings about the most awful cities to drive in. Not... 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
On World Wildlife Day: We Can Do More
Yet another black rhino has been brutally murdered by poachers, leaving a two-year-old calf motherless. Adding to the immorality of the senseless... 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
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
In my 20s as a teacher, each summer I pedaled to distant countries to discover people, cultures and landscapes. I rode my... 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
Desperate Chinese Are Buying Bottles of ‘100% Pure Rocky Mountain Air’
The smog really is that bad in Beijing…and India’s cities too Like many overcrowded, bursting cities in developing countries around the world,... Read More