Category Archives: Ecological Footprint

Population Stabilization or Higher Immigration? Americans Can’t Have Both

Today more than ever Americans value the opportunity to escape from their confined urban lives  [...]

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Virtually

With much of the U.S. on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the momentous physical  [...]

Practice the Five Rs to Lower U.S. Carbon Footprint

For the first time in decades, Americans living in the nation’s major urban areas have  [...]

Hawaii’s Earth Day Challenge: Balance Tourism with Environmental Practices

Having just spent the better part of three months in Hawaii, I found the state  [...]

We could put everyone in the world in an area the size of Texas, but they would be dead within a week

“If every member of the United States lived in an area with the population density  [...]

California Population Hits 40 Million, Leadership Encourages More Immigration

The California Department of Finance announced that the state’s population fell just 40,000 people short  [...]

Elitist Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom Ignores Crisis in his Sacramento Backyard

I recently returned to my Pittsburgh home from a trip to Sacramento. I went reluctantly.  [...]

Dem Debate Skirts Threat to American Quality of Life: Unsustainable Population Growth

On Tuesday, 12 Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage at Otterbein University near Columbus,  [...]

Biden Pressing for Higher Immigration, Disregards Environmental Consequences

With Round 3 of the Democratic president debates set for this Thursday, the nation should  [...]

Elon Musk Might Be Right About a Global Population Collapse, But for the Wrong Reason

For some time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been using his ample platform to sound  [...]

California Off the Rails, State a Disaster Zone

When former California Gov. Jerry Brown announced his ill-conceived, ill-fated high-speed train that no one  [...]

What is the Greatest Threat to Endangered Species? Hint: It’s Not Trump’s New Rules

The Trump administration is about to implement new rules that it claims will “modernize” and  [...]

World Population Day 2019

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Is the U.S. Full? No, It’s Overfull

The latest pro-immigration talking point is that since the U.S. has an abundance of wide-open  [...]

IFSPP @ EarthX 2019

As in prior years, IFSPP had the opportunity to participate in EarthX 2019, in Dallas,  [...]

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 Population Doubled

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

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  [...]

We Are Scheduled to Attend EarthX in Dallas

DALLAS (April 21, 2019) – Increasing awareness of damage done to the environment by human  [...]

Congress Ignores World Water Day Warnings

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

The Green New Deal – Line By Line

Steven Lamb and Kevin Lynn separate fact from fiction with regard to House Resolution 109  [...]

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  [...]

Overpopulation Looming Planetary Disaster Outranks All Other Issues

Readers of my work may recall a previous OP ED in June, in which I  [...]

Commit to Sustainability For Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used more from nature than our  [...]

Earth Overshoot Day Arriving Faster Every Year

Humanity is using more resources per year than ever, and it’s getting to the point  [...]

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,  [...]