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    Earth Day turns 47 this year – yet one environmental threat remains largely ignored…

    This ad appears in the Washington Times on April 17, 2017. Please click the photo to view the add as it appeared in Harpers Magazine. Earth Day turns 47 this year – yet one environmental threat remains largely ignored… …America is growing by an average of 1 person every 16* seconds. 150,000,000: U.S. population in 1950 325,000,000: U.S. population today …

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    U.S. Overpopulation: Earth’s Biggest Problem

    This ad appears in the May/June 2017 issues of Harpers Magazine & Mother Jones Magazine.  It also appears in the Washington Times on April 10, 2017. Please click the photo to view the add as it appeared in Harpers Magazine. U.S. OVERPOPULATION: EARTH’S BIGGEST PROBLEM 150,000,000: U.S. population in 1950 325,000,000: U.S. population today 400,000,000: projected U.S. population in 2050 …

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    THE IMPACT OF U.S. POPULATION GROWTH ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

      Your gift helps publish and distribute materials like this. Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version THE IMPACT OF U.S. POPULATION GROWTH ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE An NPG Forum Paper by Edwin S. Rubenstein  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, the nation paused to consider the impact of human activity on the global environment. The …

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    Framework of the Future

    Several years ago I gave a presentation called “Geo Destinies in the Coming Age of Geo Scarcity.” It was, of course, inspired by the seminal research and writing about depletion of the petroleum and minerals geologist Walter Youngquist. At the outset of my talk, I extolled his landmark 1997 book Geodestinies: The Inevitable Control of Earth Resources Over Nations and Individuals. …

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    New NPG Paper Links Overpopulation to Dwindling Resources

    Expert geologist Dr. Walter Youngquist calls for a “greatly reduced”population as a critical element of the solution to global resource shortages.
    As the controversy surrounding the Dakota Access pipeline continues, debate over America’s fossil fuel dependence and threats to our essential resources have become reignited. In response to the renewed public interest in these critical matters, Negative Population Growth (NPG) will release a new Forum paper today highlighting the links between population growth, reliance on…

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    Crushing Biodiversity with the Weight of the Human Race

    BIODIVERSITY – DISPATCH FROM THE FRONTLINES
    Some years ago, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras I was invited to help lead a fact-finding mission into the RĂ­o Plátano Biosphere Reserve. The RĂ­o Plátano (Plantain River) flows through the green, humid heart of an isolated region called La Mosquitia – the largest remaining rainforest wilderness of this ecologically-stressed Central American nation…

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    NPG Report Cites 21st Century as “Greatest Turning Point for Mankind”

    Your gift helps publish and distribute materials like this. Download a PDF of this release here. NPG Report Cites 21st Century as “Greatest Turning Point for Mankind” Forum focuses on sustainability of energy resources, population, and a “future of less.” Alexandria, VA (September 14, 2016) – Negative Population Growth (NPG) has issued a new Forum paper today that highlights the …

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    Growth in the Chesapeake Bay

    Recent articles in Politico and the Bay Journal have called attention to the significant environmental stress within the Chesapeake Bay area.  One article references “The war over Chesapeake Bay,” when discussing the controversial clean-up plan launched by the Obama administration several years ago.  In another, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy highlights a “discouraging lack of progress” in …

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    NPG Releases Position Paper on Sanctuary Legislation

    Your gift helps publish and distribute materials like this. Download a PDF of this release here. NPG Releases Position Paper on Sanctuary Legislation Analysis finds that lack of immigration enforcement and accommodation of illegal aliens cause population growth, decrease quality of life. After the Supreme Court deadlock in the landmark case of United States v. Texas, Negative Population Growth (NPG) …

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    Sanctuary Cities: Politics Overshadow Responsible U.S. Immigration Policies (An NPG Position Paper)

    Your gift helps publish and distribute materials like this. Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, America’s radio stations, televisions, newspaper headlines, and magazine covers have been inundated with talk of “sanctuary cities.” Experts on both sides of the argument have proclaimed their position – it’s the “absolutely right” or “absolutely wrong” thing for …

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