Western Towns Tackle Water Supply Issues

    In the west, water scarcity combined with weather conditions and population growth has pushed local leaders to work within their scope to support their communities. One example, seen locally in five of the nation’s fastest-growing states, is the prohibition of new development. An article published by PEW, titled Drought-Stricken Western Towns Say No to Developers, details the actions of various leaders in each state. Below are the highlighted quotes from officials in each state sharing statements on water conservation.

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    How Covid, Climate, and The Cartels Reshape U.S. Refugee Policy

    The coronavirus pandemic has had far reaching consequences for the global economy, obliterating millions of jobs. And it has affected developing countries  disproportionately, setting back decades of progress. So, it’s hardly surprising that agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021 have stopped people from more than 160 countries, a geography that roughly coincides with countries hard hit by the virus.

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    Water Shortages and the Colorado River

    Water Shortage Declaration Good Start to Long-Standing Problem
    Last August, NPG discussed the precarious state of the Colorado River in an email to members and supporters. A year later, on August 16, 2021, the Bureau of Reclamation officially declared a water shortage on the historic waterway. This water shortage produces many environmental problems,

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    Revisiting “Limits to Growth” 49 Years After It Was First Published

    Scenarios From “Limits to Growth” Can Change But Only If We Do the Work Today Background: The book “Limits to Growth” was published in 1972. Long hailed as groundbreaking, the study used computers(!) to model several possible future scenarios. The team of MIT researchers then shared their prediction of the two most likely to happen scenarios for the world. The …

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    New Numbers Released from the 2020 Census

    August 31, 2021 Census Bureau Releases New Data on Population Trends The Census Bureau has published new data from the 2020 census. An article released by the Census Bureau highlights population trends in the United States from 2010 to 2020. Authors Paul Mackun, Joshua Comenetz, and Lindsay Spell categorized the data by county, metro/micro, and state and listed the factoids …

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    The New York Times’ Readers Want to Re-Write the Paper’s Gloomy Narrative on Population Decline

    The New York Times can make a claim to be the nation’s most influential newspaper. With over 5 million subscribers, it has wide influence not only on the decisions of policymakers, but in setting cultural trends and serving as a weathervane for its readership, which skews younger than other print media. 91% of Times readers are Democrats, vs. 7% who are Republican.1
    Although the paper’s famous slogan is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” there are some perspectives which…

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    New UN Report Outlines Troubled Future for the Planet

    Climate Change continues to destroy our fragile planet, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Sadly, the findings of this new report are no better than the last assessment by this panel, consisting of 195 governments.  More than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies were analyzed in order to develop the full report, according to a …

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