As population growth continues, our consumption of natural resources – including fossil fuels – has reached critical mass. In our effort to find a quick-fix through technology, we grasp at “solutions” like fracking – which irreversibly destroy our environment and provide only a very short window of extra time. …
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Continue ReadingA Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
Continue ReadingNo, it cannot. It is obviously not possible for our U.S. population to keep growing indefinitely. But we can, and do, pretend that it can, and, most unfortunately, our national immigration policy is based on that mistaken belief. But pretending does not make it so. …
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Continue ReadingLooking back on 2013, my pick for the most useful and incisive book on our lethal addiction to economic growth and the alternative of a steady-state economy is Brian Czech’s Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Cross Roads and the Steady-State solution (New Society Publishers, 2013, 389 pages). If you are among the millions of Americans concerned about the destructive …
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Continue ReadingThe Washington Post recently reported that the Obama administration has approved a new proposal for natural gas exports, this time off the coast of Maryland. The recent advent of “fracking” as a drilling method has resulted in a dramatic increase in requests to explore, drill, and push for domestic production. As Lindsey Grant explained in Is Fracking an Answer? To What?: “Hydraulic …
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Continue ReadingWinners of the 2019 Fall Student Poster Scholarship Contest 2019 Challenge: Create a visual art poster to illustrate the comprehensive theme of TOO MANY PEOPLE, with the focus on one or more of the following areas: population growth, overpopulation, urban sprawl, loss of valuable farmland and wetlands, limited water supplies, energy shortages, air pollution, or destruction of wildlife habitat.  Click on each …
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