Category Archives: Environment

Post-Earth Day Thoughts about Sustainability

Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson’s daughter Tia recently said that her father would be “deeply [...]

Earth Day 2019: Since Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon, Global Population has Doubled

Fifty years ago, in 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk [...]

Congress Ignores World Water Day Warnings

Friday, March 22 is World Water Day, a day designated to raise awareness about the [...]

Christmas in New York: A Cautionary Tale

I’ve seen the major U.S. metropolis’ future, and the picture is bleak. A New York [...]

California’s Worst Wildfires Must be a Wake-Up Call

For California natives like me, the wildfires are a real gut punch. As of this [...]

California, Once ‘Eternal Verdure,’ Now Overpopulated Nightmare

In 1845, Lansford W. Hastings, best known for developing the Hastings Cutoff, a travelers’ shortcut [...]

Earth Overshoot Day Offers Sustainability Lessons

Tomorrow will mark Earth Overshoot Day, the day that worldwide humanity will, in only seven months, [...]

Report: Prospects for Reducing Rush-Hour Traffic ‘Dim’

Summer is half over which means that many people have taken their traditional driving vacation, [...]

As U.S. Population Rises, Environmental Leaders Ignore the Obvious

The Washington Post recently published a column titled “Why do we need more people in this [...]

Still Reeling from Maria, Puerto Rico Braces for Hurricane Season

Back in February, I returned to Puerto Rico, my home for many years, and the birthplace [...]

Observing Our Impact This World Population Day

July 11th is recognized as UN World Population Day. Beginning in 1989, a day to focus [...]

California Gubernatorial Hopefuls Share Same Platform of Building More Housing

California’s six gubernatorial candidates – four Democrats and two Republicans – have one common platform: build [...]

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Paradise Lost: Sprawl Transformed Honolulu From Utopia to Urban Mess

Let’s be clear from the outset. Travelers who have never visited Honolulu, Hawaii’s capital located [...]

On Earth Day 2018, Congress Whistling Past Graveyard on Population Growth

Last month, the United Nations hosted a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) conference in Bonn, Germany. [...]

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NEPA in the Age of Trump

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been called the Magna Carta of our nation’s [...]

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Alarming Environmental Report Disingenuously Dodges Overpopulation Link

“Disappearing Rivers,” a Center for American Progress-commissioned report, was introduced to a Washington, D.C. audience [...]

Congress Indifferent to Puerto Rico’s Tragedy; U.S. Citizens Left in the Lurch

After an absence of more than 50 years, I returned to Puerto Rico this month [...]

This Friday, Take Time to Respect Wetlands

  Friday, February 2nd is World Wetlands Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the Convention [...]

Trump, Congress Ignore Unsustainable Population Growth, Environmental Consequences

In the State of the Union address, President Trump proposed a four-pillar immigration plan that [...]