The Destruction of California – Author Foresaw it Half a Century Ago
In his prescient book The Destruction of California, ecologist and native Californian Raymond F. Dasmann recounts that in 1963, while driving across the... Read More
Agriculture Technologists Say They Can Feed and Clothe 9 Billion People
At the recent Southwest AG Summit, 600 growers, pest control advisors and other industry members listened to DuPont Production President Rik Miller... Read More
Al Franken, the Bald Eagle and America
On May 16, as I listened to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s the third mark-up session on the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and... Read More
Freeeways or Parking Lots?: Los Angeles Has Nation's Worst Traffic Congestion
For most Californians, freedom of the road is nothing but a sad memory. And with the state’s population continuing to grow as... Read More
Is Sustainability Possible?
Sustainability is an idea crafted at a UN Conference in 1987, defined in the report Our Common Future as “development that meets... Read More
Dennis Weaver, True Environmentalist
Here in Pittsburgh, we’re finally coming out of one of the longest, coldest winters in history. One of the ways I survived... Read More
For a Sustainable Future, Reduce Immigration
The economics of immigration is much debated. Some economists and business interests suggest that immigrants grow the economy. Skeptics point out that... Read More
Singapore, 47 Other Nations Reject More Immigration for Environmental, Economic Reasons
The most common charge against Americans who want immigration restricted is that they are racist and xenophobic. But recent polling showed that... Read More
Slipping One Past the Grey Lady’s Immigration Censors
"Nobody’s perfect,” goes the saying. That would apparently apply to newspapers as well as people. The Grey Lady of American journalism, aka... Read More
Earth Day Reflections, 2013
“The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in... Read More