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Category: Population growth

The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost

April 21, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Foreign Policy, Gender issues, Health care, Human Rights, Population growth, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t

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The fizzling of The Population Bomb: China ends its one-child policy

October 29, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Population growth, Poverty Leave a comment

Last night, I attended a presentation looking at trends in world population since biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968, a best-selling

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Should we freak out about population growth?

February 6, 2014 Madonna Gauding Economy, Environment, Population growth Leave a comment

While browsing YouTube, I came across this video by Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki. He explains the concept of exponential growth and how it applies

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