September 17, 2024 | Post
The United Nations Population Division releases new population projections every 2-3 years. The latest projections were published in July this year. Alongside the standard projections which are largely based on historical trends, the UN demographers also produce a series of alternative scenarios to demonstrate how specific deviations in fertility, mortality,…...
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October 4, 2022 | Post
We were pleased to see Spencer Bokat-Lindell’s op-ed "U.S. Population Growth Has Nearly Flatlined. Is That So Bad?" in The New York Times on September 14, but it fell short in addressing the environmental benefits of reduced population growth. We sent a letter in reply, but have not received a…...
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October 12, 2024 | Post
The Guardian recently reported on a new study warning of the danger of unchecked growth. We wrote a letter in response, which wasn't published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how…...
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June 8, 2022 | Post
We were dismayed at Jerusalem Demsas’ op-ed "The People Who Hate People," published in The Atlantic last month. Not only does it contain misinformation and reinforce harmful myths about people who are concerned about population growth, it also makes unjustified accusations against Zero Population Growth, Population Connection's founding name. We…...
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June 4, 2022 | Post
June 5th marks World Environment Day, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative to raise awareness of and inspire action on environmental issues. It’s been 50 years since the seminal 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, which sparked the first World Environment Day celebration in 1973 with…...
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September 13, 2021 | Article
Originally published by Business Insider on May 23, 2021 Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped a new report that revealed the U.S. birth rate fell by 4 percent, the sharpest single-year decline in nearly 50 years and the lowest number of births since 1979.…...
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December 14, 2020 | Article
My iPhone died on Election Day. It was disorienting. I’d grown accustomed—even addicted—to endless micro doses of what passes for reality in these hyperkinetic times. Instead, as final figures trickled in, I followed developments on a device descended from Philo Farnsworth’s image dissector (my television). If there is one thing…...
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September 3, 2021 | Article
I just finished reading the June 2021 issue of Population Connection and want to report on my bipolar experience reading it. First, I read the shattering report on life in the Sahel with overpopulation, climate change, abuse of women, lack of women’s rights, and starvation and was just in a…...
Read MoreDecember 13, 2021 | Article
… Texas’ newest abortion law allows any private citizen to sue an abortion provider or any other person, including a driver, who helps a woman obtain an abortion. If successful, they can collect a bounty. It’s a blatantly unconstitutional law, upending decades of precedent. The law bans abortions after about…...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2023 | Article
I am a longtime member of Population Connection, and you are in my trust. The June issue about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) brought back memories. My husband and I joined the Peace Corps after we graduated from UC Berkeley in 1965 and were sent to a village…...
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