Today is Endangered Species Day
Let’s Not Forget the Main Driver of Species Disappearance: Too Many Humans One of the most flagrant and far-reaching impacts of human... Read More
World’s Wilderness Disappearing
Another Dispatch from a Vanishing Realm “In Canada and Alaska there are still large expanses of virgin country, where nameless men by nameless... Read More
Once-Wild West Disappearing Under Development
But Shhh! Mustn’t Mention that Rampant Population Growth is a Major Reason Why Subdivisions subdue the once Golden State. San Jose Mercury... Read More
Remembering Douglas Rainsford Tompkins, 1943-2015
Global Conservation Cause Loses a Giant to South American Kayaking Accident Douglas Rainsford Tompkins, 1943-2015 Doug Tompkins was Ohio-born and New York-bred... Read More
Fabled Joshua Tree May Disappear from National Park Named for It
Drought, Climate Change Take Their Toll Up in Montana, the glaciers are melting rapidly in Glacier National Park due to a warming... 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
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
Get the New Edition of Man Swarm by CAPS Advisory Board Member Dave Foreman with Laura Carroll
In 2011, visionary arch-conservationist and CAPS advisory board member Dave Foreman came out with a new book entitled Man Swarm and the... 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