On Earth Day: Overpopulation, Traffic and Toxins
Aside from the time traffic jams provide to reflect on one’s day, there’s little benefit to the Bay Area’s current transportation mess.... Read More
Earth Day Misses Most Critical Issue
The original version of this column appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, April 21, 2011. ______________________________________ EARTH Day 2011 titles itself... Read More
Obama White House Urges Higher Immigration to Boost Sagging U.S. Population Growth
The Obama Administration has just announced that, in effect, it advocates more U.S. population growth now and forever. The administration may just... Read More
Sierra Club Is Hostile to America
In his April 6, 2013 article: "Dwyer: Sierra Club is Hostile to America" Mark Andrew Dwyer assailed the Sierra Club's opposition to nuclear... Read More
Los Angeles, Then and Now; Smaller was Better
One of my fondest memories of growing up in unspoiled Los Angeles during the 1950s is the Sunday drive my family took... Read More
With Creatures Such as Humans, Even the Stars Aren't Safe
During my bicycle trips around the world over the past 40 years, I've met a few outstanding human beings from many countries.... Read More
Too Many People Threaten All Other Animals on Earth
Thanks again to Kenneth Weiss at the Los Angeles Times for talking about the impacts of human overpopulation. You may recall that Weiss penned... Read More
Tackling the Taboo: Leading environmental activists and scholars take on population in new book
Book review of Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation (University of Georgia Press, 2012) When it comes to human overpopulation and... Read More
The population equation: lack of water
"The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as... Read More
U.S. Forest Service Report Projects Population Growth Will Dramatically Reduce Water and Open Space
On December 18, the U.S. Forest Service released its report that analyzed resource management trends and challenges for the next 50 years.... Read More