Population

The President and the Planet, On a Budget

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Politics, Global, Poverty, President Obama, Military, Defense, Equity, Economics, Climate, Disease, Sustainability, Presidency, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total popu...

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Voodoo Science Blames Climate Change on Immigrants

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Co2 Emissions, La Prensa Hispana, Latin America, Environment, Immigration, Climate Change, Emissions, Immigration Debate, Global Warming, Center for Immigration Studies, Green News
Angela Kelley

According to an anti-immigrant group's new junk-science report, immigrants would ultimately produce less CO2 if they just remained in their "less-consuming, less-industrialized, and less CO2 emitting" home countries.

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Why Care About Projected U.S. Ethnicity and Age?

Robert Engelman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

Read More: 2050, Census, Aging, Race, Ethnicity, Population, Census Bureau, Demographics, Changing Demographics, Us Population Projections, Media News
Robert Engelman

It's pretty curious, given the country's aspiration to be unbiased by race or ethnicity, that the topic of our ethnic mix fascinates the Census Bureau and the news media so much.

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How Did Things Get so Bad So Quickly? (Sustainability Primer Part 1)

Matthew Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Ecology, Overpopulation, Environment, Sustainability, Ecosystems, Collapse, Lester Brown, Green News
Matthew Stein

"The bottom line is that the world is in what ecologists call an "overshoot-and-collapse" mode. Demand has exceeded the sustainable yield of natural s...

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40 Years Later, an "Infallible" Ban on Modern Birth Control

Robert Engelman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, Catholic Church, Birth Control Pill, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Fertility, Sex, Living News
Robert Engelman

The Church's policy paradoxically has made it harder for people of every faith to use safe and effective contraception, especially if they are young, unmarried, and poor.

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World Population To Hit 7 Billion By 2012

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, World Population, 7 Billion People, World Population 2012 7 Billion, Census, Living News

WASHINGTON — The world's population will reach 7 billion in 2012, even as the global community struggles to satisfy its appetite for natural res...

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The Singles Map: Where To Find Your True Love

Boston.com | Richard Florida | Posted 04.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, Matchmaking, Where to Live, Dating Advice, Where to Meet People, Dating Sites, Singles Map, Downtown Population, How to Meet Women, Relationship Advice, Singles Bar, Single Population, How to Meet Men, Living News

Which of these two decisions do you think has a bigger impact on someone's life: finding the right job, or finding the right significant other? No one...

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