Human Numbers Up, Bird Numbers Down: Not Just a Coincidence Fewer flocks and feathers grace our skies, forests, coasts, grasslands, and deserts these days. A team of scientists writing in the journal Science reports that the number of birds in North America has dwindled by about 30 percent since 1970, or nearly three billion individual … Continued

In today’s polarized America, there are certain “third rail” or “hot potato” issues one just can’t touch without an explosive reaction. They’re too hot to touch, and so most politicians ignore them rather than risk getting burned. Emotionalism, knee-jerk responses, heaping scorn, and scoring cheap political points trump rational deliberation, discussion, and debate. Right and … Continued

The Trump administration recently finalized new rules that it insists will “modernize” the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Unsurprisingly, environmental groups and their media allies are expressing alarm, while extractive industries aligned with Trump reassure the public that the new rules represent an improvement for everyone, not least threatened and endangered species. Yet neither the Trump … Continued

Miami – In the 2000 – 2010 decade – despite a severe economic downturn near the end – Florida’s 30 Urbanized Areas sprawled out and destroyed 1,220 additional square miles of surrounding farmland and natural habitat, according to a study released today by NumbersUSA. Vanishing Open Spaces in Florida: Population Growth and Sprawl in the … Continued

Some of the most prominent immigration-reduction voices in the country are featured in a new book titled Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation.  The new book, a collection of essays about the environmental consequences of overpopulation, includes some significant voices for reducing immigration in order to stabilize U.S. population.  Many of Life on the Brink’s … Continued

EDITOR’S NOTE: NumbersUSA’s call for replacement-level immigration (a reduction in annual numbers by perhaps 80%) has just received a huge boost of validity in a new book — Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife — by Dave Foreman. Over the last four decades, few people have been more true and highly-publicized in their championing … Continued

A new report from Progressives for Immigration Reform discusses the impact of high immigration levels on America’s ecological footprint and depleting natural resources. The report, authored by Leon Kolankiewicz, says that “U.S. population currently exceeds the carrying capacity of our land and resource base.” The report says that the United States has the world’s third … Continued