NPG is pleased to offer challenging contests as part of our mission to enlist a new generation of activists, who will be focused on calling attention to the dangers of population growth. We send our thanks to all of our members and friends who have so generously contributed – as well as our appreciation for the tens of thousands of …
Continue ReadingCites need for Presidential Commission on Population as critical to administration’s priority to reverse climate change. Following the release of the White House’s National Climate Assessment last month, Negative Population Growth (NPG) President Don Mann has called on the Obama administration to give top priority to studying the consequences of U.S. population growth. In a letter to Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of …
Continue ReadingJust a few days after his State of the Union address, President Obama followed through on his promise to work against climate change. According to USA Today, he “ordered the Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Transportation Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA to develop and issue new fuel-efficiency and greenhouse gas standards by March 31, 2016.” Environmentalists hailed …
Continue ReadingA Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
Continue ReadingA Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
Continue ReadingA Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
Continue ReadingWhat is NPG? What is overpopulation? What does “negative” population growth mean? Why is population growth a problem in the United States? What size does NPG believe America should be? What about the world? What does NPG propose as a solution to the problem of U.S. population growth? Is NPG in favor of a mandatory one-child family size, like in China? …
Continue ReadingTalking about Population Growth:Â Â The First Step to Sustainability
In the year 2011 the world population exceeded 7 billion, with over 315,000,000 people in the United States alone. These numbers should be alarming, yet overpopulation is still treated like a taboo subject. We need to address the 7 billion “elephants in the room” in order to ensure quality of life for my and future generations. In the United States …
Continue ReadingAlexandria, VA (July 31, 2013) – A recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heralded a slight decrease in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2011. However, the drop from 2010 was just 1.6 percent – and emissions since 1990 have actually risen by 8.4 percent. A July report from the Earth Policy Institute found that fossil fuel emissions …
Continue ReadingWinners of the 2022 Essay Scholarship Contest 2022 Topic: The 2000 United States Census counted a total U.S. population of 281.4 million people. In 2020, just twenty years later, the U.S. population stood at more than 331.4 million people. That increase of 50 million is roughly the population of New York state and Texas combined. Is this growth good or …
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