Genetically Modified Organisms: Unleashing 21st Century Frankenstein on the Natural World
In the 20st century, the human multitude rearranged rivers, deserts, rainforests and the oceans to suit its voracious appetite for dominance over... Read More
Scientists Issue Humanity Another Warning…Yet Again
Human domination of the biosphere likened to rapid discharge of a battery With ever greater frequency it seems, reputable scientists are sounding... Read More
Book Review: ‘Presidents and the American Environment’ by CAPS Board Member Otis Graham
For about a dozen years during my ongoing three-decade career as an environmental planner and wildlife biologist, I consulted extensively for the... Read More
California Coast Trip Shows Drought Impacts
Very little evidence of drought is visible in my five-mile radius on the West side of Los Angeles and Santa Monica. I... Read More
CAPS Launches Ad to Reinforce Link between Overpopulation, Diminished Water Supplies
A recent Los Angeles Times feature that focused on Californians for Population Stabilization spawned other purposely distorted stories that either ignored the... Read More
Not only Elephants, Rhinos and Gorillas Face Extinction in Africa; Human Overpopulation is Devouring (Literally) Other Large Herbivores Too
Imagine a lonely, desolate world without magnificent creatures such as elephants, rhinos, gorillas, hippos, zebras and giraffes gracing the wild. One in... Read More
America’s Garbage-Waste Conundrum
One look across the American landscape depresses anyone who cares about the beauty of the land. Every highway features paper cups, wrappers,... Read More
William R. Catton, Jr.: An Appreciation
Several weeks ago I learned that William R. Catton, Jr., author of the landmark book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change,... Read More
America’s Overpopulation Predicament: Growing Greenhouse Gases
A simple look at the upward path of global greenhouse emissions indicates we will continue to squeeze the trigger on the gun... Read More
California Faces More Drought
Hope springs eternal in the human breast, as Alexander Pope so famously said. And Americans in particular subscribe to this creed of... Read More