Robert Engelman, Island Press. June 10, 2008. The author of "More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want" writes that we can tackle a population-induced environmental crisis by empowering women.
George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. January 31, 2008. Some blame the poor for growing pressure on the world's resources, but the wealthy West takes the lion's share.
Madeleine Bunting, Comment Is Free. September 12, 2007. Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children.
Rick Perlstein, The Nation. July 4, 2007. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Americans are liberal. How long will it take politicians and the media to get that?
Alan Bisbort, Smirking Chimp. June 5, 2007. Americans make the biggest environmental footprint on the planet but we have hundreds of excuses for never changing our behavior. Number one is that we are Americans.
Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 9, 2007. It's ridiculous that we don't fight attempts to promote population growth while we wring our hands over global warming, species loss and suburban sprawl.
Jeremy Adam Smith, Public Eye. December 12, 2006. Rural Americans tend to see city culture as a haven for loose morals. Lucky for them, the Electoral College, Senate and federal budget have tilted power toward the heartland.
Pueng Vongs, New America Media. October 27, 2006. The decline in marriage has gripped the headlines of late, but the reports don't mention that marriage is holding its own among Americans who were born abroad.
Christopher Hayes, TheNation.com. October 24, 2006. Even though anti-immigration activists like to trot out population figures to support closing the borders, we should really be concerned with the number of cars -- not people -- in the U.S.
