New NPG Forum Paper Examines the Connection Between Affluence, Consumerism, and the Environment
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January 5, 2021
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Will the Environment Continue to Degrade as the Affluent Continue to Consume?
“If 2020 teaches us anything, it’s that the next crisis is likely right around the corner, and could be prevented, or at least contained, if we act swiftly. A pandemic that scientists long warned was likely to occur, occurred, and has already killed well over 240,000 people in the U.S. Dozens of large wildfires – the latest evidence of the climate
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New Documentary Explores the Important Role of Healthy Topsoil on Earth
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October 5, 2020
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October 6, 2020 Could Alternative Farming Methods Help Preserve & Regenerate the Earth’s Topsoil? There is a new environmental documentary streaming on Netflix. Based on a book with the same title, Kiss the Ground is all about topsoil. Narrated by actor and activist Woody Harrelson, the documentary showcases the benefits of regenerative agriculture and posits by using this method we …
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THE EPA, CAR EMISSIONS, AND CALIFORNIA
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July 12, 2018
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Will There Be Compromise or Chaos? The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back federal clean car standards that were put in place in 2012 during the Obama administration has set off a political firestorm that involves many powerful political players – and prompted the nation’s most populous state to dig in and respond with a very emphatic “NO!” The answer …
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Grant Kleiman – $1,000 Winner
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June 29, 2017
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ws_table id=”48″ by Grant Kleiman – Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN The Population Elevator Keeps Going Up Imagine you’re on an elevator and twelve people get on. Your face is squashed against the wall. The smell of aftershave and body odor makes you nauseous. The elevator stops and someone else tries to get on. “Get lost!” someone rudely says, pushing …
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NPG Forum Highlights Source of Global Environmental Woes
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July 20, 2016
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New report finds overpopulation is key to many present-day ecological and social challenges, yet remains a taboo subject for most conservation groups. Negative Population Growth (NPG) will release a new Forum paper today. The piece analyzes the common refusal of environmental, conservation, and social welfare groups to include the issue of “overpopulation” within their missions. …
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The NPG Journal: Vol. 8, No. 2
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December 16, 2014
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AÂ Weekly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
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The NPG Journal: Vol. 7, No. 5
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June 30, 2014
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A Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
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Hartland McDonald – $1,000 Winner of the 2013 NPG Essay Scholarship Contest
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August 1, 2013
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Hardly a day goes by when a report on the world’s ruinous finances isn’t mentioned. Scary phrases like “fiscal cliff” and threats of economic Armageddon are common. I find it ironic that so much emphasis is being put on people living within their financial budget, but no thought is ever given to living within the earth’s budget.  …
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Wyoming
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July 1, 2013
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RETURN TO MAP Click the links below to view state facts. Wyoming Population News Articles Population Density Historic & Projected Growth Population by County POPULATION DENSITY People per square mile, 2010:Â Â 5.8 People per square mile, 2020:5.9 HISTORIC & PROJECTED GROWTH 1790 TO 2040 Year Population 1790 0 1800 0 1810 0 1820 0 1830 0 1840 0 1850 0 …
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Where have you Gone, Harry Reid? (NPG Footnote)
I recently ran across the following OpEd by Senator Harry Reid, the current Senate Majority Leader, in the Los Angeles Times. It is of particular interest in light of the current Senate consideration of S744, a proposal to rewrite the immigration laws to legalize illegal immigrants and increase the flow of immigration.
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