“Across all gateway types the foreign-born population is growing faster than the native-born population, and in all three of the emerging gateway types, increases in the immigrant population outpace the U.S. average.”

From November 30^th through December 11^th, the U.N. is hosting its 21^st annual Climate Change Conference in Paris, France. A Q&A section in The New York Times was dedicated to the conference, and one particular submission caught my eye. Not only was the question highly important, but I was also pleased to see anything on the topic actually published! Geoff Hobbs of South Africa asked: “To my mind, you avoid the most important point. Is the increase in the human population not the ugly truth that every scientist avoids?” The response from Times climate change reporter John Schwartz did include some facts: “‘The growth of population is a major factor behind climate change today.'”

However, Schwartz sadly kicks the population issue down the road, dismissing the critical need for official population policies in nations around the world. Instead, he seems to favor “conservation” techniques – which, by the way, have not been effective in combating global population growth or the resulting increases in consumption. Schwartz simply quotes Andy Revkin’s claim: “9 billion vegan monks would have a far different greenhouse-gas imprint than a similar number of people living high on the hog.”

Our world cannot afford to ignore the need for true leadership
and official national policies to reduce population growth!

Admirably, this week in Pakistan Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah took vital and much-needed action when he launched a new five-year family planning program aimed at reducing the area’s population growth. The Chief Minister noted: “human development consists of health, education and poverty. ‘These three elements deteriorate, if the population growth goes unchecked.'” The Daily Times, a major newspaper in Pakistan commented:

“The staggering increase in population… has become one of the major causes of socio-economic and environmental problems… With each passing day, the country’s limited resources are becoming insufficient to cater [to] the growing needs of the citizens.”

In the U.S., we are not immune to these same consequences. Our environment, economy, natural resources, infrastructure, and general quality of life are all already straining under the burden of our population’s size and growth.

With your help, we can continue the fight for America’s future!

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