Happy Earth Day, California Water Drinkers!

It’s been two years of below-average rainfall in the Golden (Brown) State, so water supply is concerning. The snowpack is only about half of historic levels, but new water users keep coming from around the world. How will newbies wash their lowriders if water use is restricted?

Below, California Department of Water Resources hydrologists measure the [...]

Rasmussen Poll: Nearly Half Think Too Fast Growth Is Worse Than Too Slow

Among elites in Washington, population growth of any kind, even of stubbornly retro third-worlders, is preferable to a sustainable society. The reason is simple: expanding population causes GNP to rise, which looks good, even as per capita income of the citizens decreases. The idea of the country being full never occurs.

Yet even without a strong [...]

Texas Drought Puts Water Supply Front and Center, but Ignores Demand Side

The Lone Star state is suffering a terrible drought, and as often the case, the issue is portrayed as agriculture vs. people, which is true up to a point. But while droughts come and go (along with floods), immigration-fueled population growth is going only one way — up.

Texas has known terrible droughts, like the one [...]

Illegal Alien Pickers Remain Troublesome in Washington State

Poaching by illegal aliens has been an interest of mine for years, mostly because of the ongoing damage to America’s wilderness and animals. In addition, poaching was the cause of the 2004 mass murder of six American hunters by a trespassing Hmong immigrant in Wisconsin, which showed how extreme the thieving urge can get. [...]