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7 Billion People By October: How Are We Going to Feed Ourselves?

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 19, 2011.

As population rates skyrocket, millions of mouths to feed increase pressure on the world's farmers to squeeze more and more food from less and less arable land.

Strange But True: How Soap Operas Might Save Us From Overpopulation

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. June 8, 2010.

Earth reached its human capacity in the 1980s. Our planet is in crisis, and Bill Ryerson is using media to change behaviors that contribute to global overpopulation.

Harvard Professor's Shocking Proposal: Starve the Palestinians in Gaza into Having Fewer Babies

Juan Cole, JuanCole.com. February 26, 2010.

At a recent conference, Prof. Martin Kramer called for population growth in the Muslim world to be restrained and made a series of other outrageous claims.

The Population Debate Is Screwed Up

The Population Debate Is Screwed Up

Laurie Mazur, AlterNet. March 28, 2009.

Debaters on population usually take two sides: either they see it as a huge problem facing humanity, or that it's a non-issue. They're both wrong.

Are We Breeding Ourselves to Extinction?

Are We Breeding Ourselves to Extinction?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 11, 2009.

Cutting back on fossil fuels, shutting down our coal plants, and building seas of wind turbines, will be useless unless we nip population growth.

If This Animated Video Doesn't Get Us Off Oil, Nothing Will

Brave New Films, Brave New Films. August 1, 2008.

Calling for an end to oil addiction.

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