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Protecting America's Environmental Resources By Taming U.S. Population Growth

A succession of scientific and governmental commissions for three decades have come to the same conclusion - that there is a scientific rationale for stabilizing the U.S. population in order to meet environmental goals. While national environmental groups have dramatically changed their stance on U.S. population stabilization, government and scientific bodies have not.

Role of U.S. population stabilization at the beginning of the modern environmental movement

Government-mandated population growth  exacerbates environmental challenges
The following is based on an article, "The Environmental Movement’s Retreat from Advocating US Population Stabilization (1970-1998) "

The Bottleneck

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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson responds to economists who disbelieve ecologists' warnings about population threats: 'The Bottleneck' Scientific American February, 2002 The Century of the Environment

Environmental endorsements of U.S. population stabilization

the bald eagle, an American national symbol
Notable environmentalists from a wide array of political affiliations have, over the years, endorsed U.S. population stabilzation:

In the News

Overpopulation and Over-Immigration Threaten Water Supply, Says Ad Campaign

In the News - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A Census Bureau report indicates that the U.S. population will rise to 439 million by 2050, or 135 million more than today. More than 80 percent of U.S. population growth will continue to be a direct result of immigration and births to immigrants. In California -- where the population increases by a half million per year -- that immigration component accounts for virtually 100 percent of the growth.

A Census Bureau report indicates that the U.S. population will rise to 439 million by 2050, or 135 million more than today. More than 80 percent of U.S. population growth will continue to be a direct result of immigration and births to immigrants. In California -- where the population increases by a half million per year -- that immigration component accounts for virtually 100 percent of the growth.

"Water is a precious resource, and as with other resources, we must learn to use it more efficiently. But we must also limit the demands that we place on our resources, and that means limiting immigration as well," Hull said.

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Environmental Bills Called Pretext to Loosen Border Security

In the News - Monday, July 14, 2008

"Open-border advocates operating under the guise of environmentalism are prepared to push for legislation that could result in an accelerated flow of illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and human trafficking from Mexico into Arizona, according to law enforcement experts familiar with the terrain.

Kevin Mooney, CNS News

"Open-border advocates operating under the guise of environmentalism are
prepared to push for legislation that could result in an accelerated
flow of illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and human trafficking from
Mexico into Arizona, according to law enforcement experts familiar with
the terrain.

The two bills, sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), would
restrict federal and state law enforcement officials from patrolling an
already porous border area that extends from Sonora, Mexico into Santa
Cruz County, Ariz., critics charge...."

Kevin Mooney, CNS News

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Breaks in border fence have residents suspicious of DHS's plans

In the News - Saturday, June 21, 2008

"When the border fence is constructed along the Rio Grande, Fermin Leal will watch as the barrier slices through the backyards of his neighbors, bypassing his 500-acre farm in San Pedro.

The fence's trajectory, incontiguous and largely unexplained, has left many border residents suspicious of the federal government's plans.

Kevin Sieff, Brownsville Herald, 21 June 2008

"When the border fence is constructed along the Rio Grande, Fermin Leal will watch as the barrier slices through the backyards of his neighbors, bypassing his 500-acre farm in San Pedro.

The fence's trajectory, incontiguous and largely unexplained, has left many border residents suspicious of the federal government's plans.

"I'm still not sure how my land is different than theirs," Leal said. "They still haven't given us any answers....""

Kevin Sieff, Brownsville Herald, 21 June 2008

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Treading on a taboo

In the News - Monday, June 16, 2008

"Portland's fevered efforts to stave off global warming by reducing carbon dioxide began more than two decades ago. And how much progress have we made? None. Zero. Zilch. Every day we dump more planet-threatening gas into the atmosphere. Why? Because at the same time Portland's metro-area population has grown by 42 percent. We cancel out every reduction in CO2 emissions with a gain in CO2 emitters...."

Jack Hart, The Oregonian, 15 June 2008

"Portland's fevered efforts to stave off global warming
by reducing carbon dioxide began more than two decades ago.
And how much progress have we made? None. Zero. Zilch. Every
day we dump more planet-threatening gas into the atmosphere.
Why? Because at the same time Portland's metro-area
population has grown by 42 percent. We cancel out every
reduction in CO2 emissions with a gain in CO2 emitters...."

Jack Hart, The Oregonian, 15 June 2008

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