Freeeways or Parking Lots?: Los Angeles Has Nation’s Worst Traffic Congestion
For most Californians, freedom of the road is nothing but a sad memory. And with the state’s population continuing to grow as tenaciously as a tumor, this sad memory is fast morphing into a cruel...
View ArticleAl Franken, the Bald Eagle and America
On May 16, as I listened to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s the third mark-up session on the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, Minnesota Senator Al...
View ArticleAgriculture Technologists Say They Can Feed and Clothe 9 Billion People
At the recent Southwest AG Summit, 600 growers, pest control advisors and other industry members listened to DuPont Production President Rik Miller say that global agriculture is up to the challenge...
View ArticleThe Destruction of California – Author Foresaw it Half a Century Ago
In his prescient book The Destruction of California, ecologist and native Californian Raymond F. Dasmann recounts that in 1963, while driving across the Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Impact Study Must Precede Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Environmental laws are often stringently enforced whenever major construction projects are under consideration. Environmental impact studies are generally required before major construction projects...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Moonbeam’s concern for the environment is phony
California Governor Jerry Brown, a.k.a. Governor Moonbeam, is a phony. While this comes as no surprise to most readers, it might be gratifying to know that it would also have been the judgment of none...
View ArticleAnti-Environmental “Greens” – Environmental Establishment Shows Its True...
Back in the 1990s, America’s population surged by 33 million, more than any single decade in our entire history. As CAPS members know, an unprecedented torrent of legal and illegal immigration drove...
View ArticleS. 744 Omits Population Impact Study; Findings Would Be Catastrophic
The 2006 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, S. 2611, had a tiny section buried within it that’s interesting to contemplate, especially considering S. 744’s omission of similar language. S. 2611‘s...
View ArticleMemo to Earth: Expect 11 Billion People by 2100
July 11th was World Population Day, an annual event begun by the United Nations to build awareness about population growth and its impacts. The news in this 25th year of the event is discouraging. The...
View ArticleExploding Southwest Population on Collision Course with Drought Water...
In his classic 1986 book Cadillac Desert, the late author Marc Reisner argued that explosive population growth and development in the American Southwest were on an inevitable collision course with the...
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