The United States is in overshoot and will never get out without reducing immigration. The United Nation's latest projections suggest that "the United States is estimated to grow from 329 million people in 2019 to 434 million people by the end of the century, with most of that projected increase owing to migration."
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.
Green Dallas, a website operated by the city's Office of Environmental Quality, recognizes that population growth presents huge challenges for its environmental management. One thing you won't find on the site is any recognition that Dallas should consider even slowing its population growth in order to ensure "resources are available for future generations."
The Arizona legislature commissioned a Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) for the arid state. An op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star takes the DCP to task for failing to come up with an actual plan to conserve water, but the writer himself fails to adequately address the main reason Arizona is running out of usable freshwater.
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The Miami Herald raised an important question regarding Florida's high rates of population growth and development, taking a reflective look at the state's recent evacuation experience as a result of Hurricane Irma.