• Donald Mann
• May 1, 2006
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Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. Zero Tolerance For Illegal Immigration: An Urgent Policy Need An NPG Position Paper Summary Statement NPG’s primary concern with immigration, both legal and illegal, is that it is the driving force behind America’s population growth. Our population grew by some 33 million in the decade of the 90s, and is on track …

• NPG
• February 10, 2006
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Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version  NPG believes that a national policy to turn U.S. population growth around is critically needed. (See the FORUM series in the Publications on our web site, www.npg.org.) In this paper, we offer a series of specific proposals as to how to accomplish that goal. We recognize the political resistances in the way of …

• Walter Youngquist
• December 23, 2005
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by Walter Youngquist The environment on which we depend consists of energy resources, and the biological and mineral resources of the Earth. It involves biological processes such as species competition and adaptation to a changing physical environment. It includes the physical processes, which go to shape the Earth’s surface, as well as modify both the surface and the interior of …

• Otis L. Graham, Jr
• October 30, 2005
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Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The United States had left regulation of immigration to the coastal states until the Supreme Court in 1875 declared that this was exclusively a national, not a state responsibility. Congress struggled through four decades to create a coherent policy that would bring under control the large-scale and essentially unregulated immigration that commenced …

• Walter Youngquist
• October 23, 2005
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by Walter Youngquist During more than 500 million years, geological processes accumulated a rich bank account for us – oil. The “account” actually was set up as numerous accounts – some large, some small – in various parts of the world. In 1859, Col. E. L. Drake initiated the modern search with his now-famous well near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Soon the …

• David Nicholson-Lord
• September 23, 2005
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Once it was the word on everyone’s lips, now “population” is the environmental issue that dares not speak its name. David Nicholson-Lord raises the flag for an unfashionable concern. Are you worried about population growth? Then you’re in the minority. Mention it as an issue to any gathering of environmentalists these days, and the reactions will range from a thinly …

• Lindsey Grant
• August 16, 2005
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Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE FEAR OF AGING An NPG Forum Paper by Lindsey Grant August 2005 For a decade or so, we have been besieged by stories about impending population decline in Europe and Japan, the prospect of a worsening dependency ratio and too few workers to support the aged. To this …

• Walter Youngquist
• May 30, 2005
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Minerals Move People As resources are discovered or depleted, populations migrate An NPG Internet Forum Paper by Walter Youngquist Spring 2005 Along with the influence of mineral supply on the rise and progress of civilization, is a parallel story of how the search for, and discovery of minerals from salt to gold and silver has caused mass migrations of people. …

• Richard C. Duncan and Walter Youngquist, Ph.D.
• May 23, 2005
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Encircling the Peak of World Oil Production An NPG Internet Forum Paper by Richard C. Duncan and Walter Youngquist Spring 2005 The peak of world oil production, followed by an irreversible decline, will be a watershed in human history. The goal of this paper is to predict the world peak. Production data from 42 countries representing 98 percent of world …

• Colin J. Campbell
• April 23, 2005
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Peak Oil: A turning point for humankind An NPG Internet Forum Paper by Colin J. Campbell Spring 2005 The fundamental driver of the 20th century’s economic prosperity has been an abundant supply of cheap oil. At first, it came largely from the United States as it opened up its extensive territories with dynamic capitalism and technological prowess. But U.S. discovery …