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
Lester Brown Steps Down
Founder of Worldwatch Institute and Earth Policy Institute set to retire in June at 81 The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) has announced... Read More
Mass of Man Makes a Mess
The takeover and makeover of Planet Earth by human beings have been well documented by generations of scientists, naturalists and poets. Ten... Read More