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    NPG Forum Paper Links Population Growth to Significant Biodiversity Loss

    Following a September 16th report in the journal Science outlining the world’s “sixth extinction” event – a serious ecological threat which scientists are increasingly convinced is imminent, Negative Population Growth (NPG) will release a new Forum paper today drawing the link between population growth and diminishing global biodiversity. Unfortunately for pro-growth optimists, the paper begins with a warning: “One species, Homo sapiens, is expanding at the expense of most other creatures – …

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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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    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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    EPA Ruling Echoes NPG Forum Paper

    Last year, new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limited “toxic water pollution from power plants,” in an effort to protect our nation’s dwindling water supplies. But will a new environmental bill finally give the EPA real teeth to enforce such regulations? Recently, Congress passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act – “the largest piece of …

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    New NPG Paper Explores Demographic Assault on Fragile Planet

    New NPG Paper Explores Demographic Assault on Fragile Planet Analysis finds the “overwhelming scale” of Earth’s problems comes from resource demands of continued population growth. This NPG national Press Release was picked up by hundreds of media outlets across the country, including:  The Star Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, The Sun News, and local affiliate stations for all …

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    This Earth Day, millions of Americans will be talking about…

    This ad appearing in The Washington Times on April 11th, 2016 and April 18th, 2016 This Earth Day, millions of Americans will be talking about… Water and air pollution Species extinction Suburban sprawl Deforestation Climate change Energy shortages Natural resource depletion Greenhouse gas emissions …but can you think of any environmental problem that improves by adding more people to it? …

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    2016 Star Spangled Election Campaign Issues

    This ad appearing in The Washington Times on April 4th, 2016. With so much media attention on the Presidential election, the candidates are talking about many of America’s everyday issues. We’re hearing some serious debate about family planning, the environment, national security, jobs, immigration… But there’s one issue no one is talking about, and it’s actually the common link between …

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