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New NPG Paper Warns Population Growth Is Driving the Loss of America’s Natural Spaces

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April 23, 2026
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Click here to download a PDF of this release. Crowded Out: How Population Pressure Is Undermining Nature, Health, and Sustainability A new Forum paper from Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) warns that continued population growth in the United States is accelerating the loss of natural areas, limiting access to nature, and contributing to growing environmental and mental health challenges. In …

The Necessity of Empty Places*: Prescribing Nature for What Ails Us

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April 16, 2026
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For those who can partake, the natural world offers a break from our often-chaotic lives. Remedies for stress brought on by personal or political upheaval and uncertainty increasingly point to a real-world remedy: get out into nature.

NPG Launches Comprehensive EARTH DAY 2026 Educational Campaign

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April 13, 2026
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This ad appears in the The Washington Times on April 13 and April 20 and the Washington Examiner on April 15 and April 22, 2026.

We owe it to future generations…

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April 13, 2026
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This ad appeared in USA Today’s Sustainability issue published on April 13, 2026.

NPG Launches Comprehensive Earth Day 2026 Educational Campaign

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April 2, 2026
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Negative Population Growth (NPG) has launched its Comprehensive Earth Day 2026 Educational Campaign, a nationwide initiative designed to highlight the role of population size and growth in discussions about environmental sustainability.

New NPG Forum Paper Examines America’s New Boom-and-Bust Cycle

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March 5, 2026
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Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) has released a compelling new Forum paper, The Myth of Growth-Driven Prosperity, authored by Nathanial Gronewold, Ph.D. This paper dismantles the long-held belief that a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP) always signifies progress and improved well-being for the American people.

NPG Analysis: When Nations Slow the Flow: A Global Policy Pattern & What It Means for the U.S.

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February 17, 2026
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In early 2026, Ghana temporarily paused citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora in order to review and simplify an application process that had become costly, complex, and difficult to navigate — part of a deliberate effort to make the system more accessible and user-friendly before reopening it.1 This kind of pause — usually associated with system-wide strain or …

Illinois State Profile

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January 23, 2026
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The Land of Lincoln: Is There something in Illinois’ Water? An NPG Commentary

North Dakota State Profile

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January 14, 2026
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A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE An NPG Commentary by Karen I. Shragg, Ed. D.

New NPG Forum Paper Challenges the Myth of Growth-Driven Prosperity

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January 14, 2026
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Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) has released a compelling new Forum paper, The Myth of Growth-Driven Prosperity, authored by Nathanial Gronewold, Ph.D. This paper dismantles the long-held belief that a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP) always signifies progress and improved well-being for the American people.