by Jesse Sanes One group that has had some people in a panic after the announcement by the United Nations that the world’s population would reach 7 billion is the Vermont based New England Coalition for a Sustainable Population (NECSP). … Continued
Environmental Problems
Immigration
Anti-Immigrant Efforts to Woo African Americans Find a New Home
This weekend the California based group Blacks for Equal Rights Coalition (BFERC) will hold an Outreach Summit on the Impact of Immigration on the Black Community. Sadly, the event is sponsored by
Immigration
New ad spoofs anti-immigrant group Californians for Population Stabilization
A poignant April Fools’ Day advertisement spoofing a piece produced by the anti-immigrant group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) has appeared today on YouTube.com/Nativismwatchtv. The spoof exposes CAPS’s absurd attempts to blame immigrants for environmental problems. The environmentalists CAPS is … Continued
What’s Whale Wars Got To Do With Saving the Planet?
Animal Planet’s reality show, Whale Wars, featuring a ragtag group of activists trying to save the planet by attacking Japanese whalers, has as much credibility with environmentalists as Jon & Kate have with parenting experts. It’s the green community’s version … Continued
Politics
Negative Population Growth and the Tanton Network’s Obsession with Population Control
Negative Population Growth, an anti-immigrant group financed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently published its latest forum paper titled “Haiti’s Problems, and their Lessons” by Walter Youngquist. The two page paper essentially argues that the one of … Continued
Immigration
Anti-immigrant Groups and Environmentalists at Odds
Masked is the word that comes to mind when I think of anti-immigrant organizations that claim to be concerned about the environment. As we move into a new month, year, decade and closer to the 30th anniversary of Earth Day, … Continued
Sustainability: Thinking Beyond Borders Part Two
When Americans import goods from foreign regions they are often exporting environmental degradation. In the U.S. we import all of our coffee, mostly from Colombia, Brazil and Guatemala. And we import a lot of it. After oil, coffee is the … Continued