Many of these articles deal with effects of population on the environment. But most make no
mention of our huge and growing population. Please help change that by writing to news sources
whenever you see such articles. Together we can make a difference.
A few articles do talk about the link, and we heartily commend them!
Warming Increased in Last Decade
Dec 9,2009 Copenhagen: The World Meteorological Organization reported that 2000-2009 has been warmer
than the 1990's, which were in turn warmer than the 1980's. Yet the Climatological Conference
has been dominated by bickering between the "rich" and the "poor" nations. And
nobody is talking about overpopulation which is driving the increased emissions of
both rich and poor nations.
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Finding a Way to Cut Numbers
Nov 20, 2009 Three ways population is finding it's way back into the news, sometimes
quite circuitously.
women's greater suffering because of climate change.
British comission said curbing population growth through
contraception must be at the heart of efforts to combat global warming.
Iran has promoted ontraception through the mosques. Average number of children fell from 7
to 1.9.
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Population Problem Solves Itself?
Nov 2: Amazing? But the November cover of "The Economist" makes that claim.
Maybe that's not too surprising when you consider all
the
money to be made from rising population.
But I don't think 3 billion more people in the world will help solve our environmental
problems. How about you?
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October 21, 2009
The technological solutions to the world's problems can not succeed if we do not address the
factor of population growth. The Green Revolution of the 60's&70's was supposed to end world
hunger, but we now have over 1 billion hungry people, many more than before that technological fix.
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October 2, 2009
Oct 2, 2009 Drought is ever more common in the U.S. as well. Global Warming may play a part, but the
authors conclude that the root of the water problem in the Southeast is the growing population.
In Georgia, the population rose from 6.48 million in 1990 to 9.54 million in 2007.
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