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  • August 2008

    • Worst Threat to Earth? Way Too Many People

      Yale Environment 360  |  Aug 6, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Worst Threat to Earth? Way Too Many People

      (Newser) - With the number of humans on Earth expected to reach 9.5 billion by the second half of the 21st century, policymakers and environmentalists should turn their attention to the grave dangers of overpopulation and overconsumption, Paul Ehrlich—author of 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb —and wife Anne write in Yale Environment 360. Population growth, above all other ecological hazards, may lead to the collapse of our civilization. More »

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      environment  • overpopulation  • consumption

  • June 2008

    • World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012

      Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 2:37 AM CDT

      World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012

      (Newser) - The world's soaring population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, further straining thinly stretched natural resources, AP reports. The current population is 6.7 billion, and growing at 1.2% a year, spurred by increasing medical and nutritional advances in developing countries. But as more women in developing nations join the work force, the growth rate is expected to slow—eventually to .5% by 2050. More »

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      China  • India  • immigration  • Census Bureau  • overpopulation  • human population  • Brookings Institution

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Fertile Felines May Require New Laws

      LiveScience  |  Apr 17, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Fertile Felines May Require New Laws

      (Newser) - America’s wandering cat population is growing—and if communities don’t address the issue, their numbers could spiral to alarming heights, LiveScience reports. As it stands, there’s a cat for every 3.5 Americans, and reproducing roamers contribute to the 5 million cats euthanized yearly. Cities may need to follow Los Angeles’ lead: The city now requires all cats and dogs be “fixed” soon after birth. More »

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      Los Angeles  • cat  • overpopulation  • feral cats  • feline

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • South Africa to Lift Ban on Killing Elephants

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 25, 08 4:40 PM CST

      South Africa to Lift Ban on Killing Elephants

      (Newser) - South Africa will lift its 1994 ban on elephant culling, sparking outrage among animal rights activists, the Guardian reports. Killing animals will remain "the option of last resort, acceptable only under strict conditions," said the environment minister. He added that managing the elephant population, which has grown to 20,000 from 8,000 since the ban was instated, "has been devilishly complex." More »

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      environment  • South Africa  • overpopulation  • elephants  • population control

  • January 2008

    • Consumers Beware

      New York Times  |  Jan 2, 08 3:53 PM CST

      Consumers Beware

      (Newser) - Don’t worry how many people there are in the world—worry how much each is consuming, noted author and professor Jared Diamond argues in today’s New York Times . People in the developed world consume 32 times more than counterparts in the developing world; if the 5.5 billion in the developing world were to catch up, we’d all face a massive resource crisis. More »

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      developing world  • overpopulation  • consumption

  • December 2007

    • China Faces Baby Boomlet

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 14, 07 4:31 PM CST

      China Faces Baby Boomlet

      (Newser) - China is bracing for a bumper crop of babies as kids born after the relaxation of the strict one-child policy in 1984 start their own families, the London Times reports. Strict penalties still apply to couples with more than one child, but tradition-bound and wealthy Chinese can afford to pay the price to have a son. More »

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      China  • one child policy  • overpopulation  • Generation Y  • little emperors

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