By Jeremy Beck
Last month, we did our small part to break what David Attenborough calls the “bizarre taboo” that prevents an open discussion about the connection between population size and the environment from taking place. Obviously, the number of people in any given space has an impact on the environment of that space. When the first Earth … Continued
By Rob Harding
President Trump’s hyperbolic comments about the country being “full” were followed by numerous media responses, like The New York Times article by The Upshot’s Neil Irwin and Emily Badger, as if it needed to be explained to anyone that the country isn’t actually “bursting at the seams” with people. Regardless of the scope or intent … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Last week, the American physicist Steven Chu spoke at the University of Chicago about the need to develop new economic systems that don’t rely on perpetual population growth. “The world needs a new model of how to generate a rising standard of living that’s not dependent on a pyramid scheme.” – Steven Chu at a … Continued
By Andrew Good
America has a population growth policy. Immigration laws are responsible for between 88% and 95% of U.S. population growth. America has a housing appreciation policy. Population growth results in higher housing costs. “The more populated a city is, the more expensive homes will be, which generally reserves homeownership to those with high incomes,” NerdWallet home … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The New York Times is worried about water shortages and population growth…in Britain: “In the future, the changed conditions could amount to a 10 to 15 percent decline in the available water, and rainfall will probably become less predictable, creating a higher risk of drought. At the same time, Britain’s population is expected to rise … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Ecology and commerce are once again butting heads in California. And immigration is the elephant in the room. In “California water wars: State plans to cut SF’s Sierra supply to save delta,” Kurt Alexander reports: The West Coast’s largest estuary and a vital water source for much of the state has become short on water … Continued
By Rob Harding
For 9 months, I’ve had scores of conversations with environmental leaders and thinkers about immigration’s impact on the U.S. population and environment. I heard some of this: “I hope the Trump administration is successful at reducing future immigration flows because such incessant population growth is inhibiting our ability to conserve other species’ habitats. But I … Continued
By Roy Beck
In some ways, NumbersUSA is the Organization That Gumballs Built (see the Gumballs Video that launched us in 1996). So it is fitting that we are flying our gumball colors high in the world’s largest Earth Day expo here at the Texas State Fairgrounds with our 7-foot-tall gumball machine. As an organization with “numbers” in our name, … Continued
By Roy Beck
Natural Florida is disappearing fast. More than 4,000 square miles of unique Florida nature and its special agricultural land that you could have visited in 1982 no longer exists. They have been cleared, drained, paved and developed into parking lots, streets, shopping malls, housing tracts, water and sewage facilities, and infrastructure of all sorts to … Continued
