March 15, 2021 | Article
When Dr. Fauci gives us the all-clear and theaters finally reopen, what will you do if you see smoke when entering a facility? You’ll pull the alarm, of course. That’s the only humane and sensible reaction. In 1968, Paul and Anne Ehrlich did just that with The Population Bomb when…...
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December 14, 2020 | Article
Tripling the American Population to Compete With China Is Not Thinking Bigger, It’s Thinking Dumber. What a simpler world this would be if old school economics were our only concern—if we didn’t need to worry about natural resource availability or the earth’s capacity to absorb our various forms of waste.…...
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June 1, 2020 | Article
Originally published by The Nation on February 18, 2020 Scientists have fingered bats and pangolins as potential sources of the virus, but the real blame lies elsewhere—with human assaults on the environment. It could have been a pangolin. Or a bat. Or, as one now-debunked theory that made the rounds…...
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August 30, 2021 | Page
Population Connection is a unique organization with a professional and dedicated staff that is passionate about population stabilization, environmental protection, social justice, and health and well-being. We have 40,000 members and thousands more supporters and participating educators working together to build a more sustainable future for all of our planet’s…...
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January 8, 2021 | Post
2020—the most abysmal year in recent memory—has finally come to an end. Now that we’re onto a new year with a new presidential administration, a new Congress, and a new COVID-19 vaccine, we can set our sights on brighter days (although this week’s sedition attempt was certainly a rough start…...
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March 15, 2021 | Article
Originally published by The Lily, a product of The Washington Post, on January 19, 2021 Biden vowed to repeal the Global Gag Rule, but Trump’s “anti-woman rhetoric” isn’t necessarily going away. In 2019, Melvine Ouyo, a health policy expert and reproductive rights activist, attended a conference in her city of…...
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January 24, 2019 | Post
One of the most polarizing issues facing the U.S. today centers around women’s reproductive health and family planning services. In fact, the mainstream Republican agenda is in complete ideological opposition to family planning, and has gone so far as to label it immoral. But a quick look back in time…...
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May 7, 2019 | Post
The UN just presented a teaser of its most comprehensive report on biodiversity since 2005, and the central point it makes is devastating: Up to a million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, and human activity is to blame. Changes in land and sea use, direct species exploitation,…...
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June 1, 2020 | Article
Middy Streeter & Paula Grande Middy Streeter & Paula Grande World travelers and Population Connection members since the ’90s, Middy and Paula love volunteering at events like Earth Day, where they get an opportunity to talk to the public about human impacts on our environment. Here’s what they said about…...
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March 3, 2023 | Post
Today, March 3, is World Wildlife Day, a United Nations observance day launched in 2013 to raise awareness of wild species and their conservation status. With global biodiversity loss still accelerating, there is sadly a need to amplify the call to action every year. Our huge and growing numbers, combined…...
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