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California growing faster than Bangladesh

May 23rd, 2001 No Comments

Issue 75: May 23, 2001
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Ed Abbey
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Last December, in a Los Angeles Times story, reporter Robin Wright asked Bangladeshi President Sheika Hasina:
"At independence, Bangladeshi women averaged six to seven children. Today, that rate has been halved by a [...]

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New Gallup poll points to immigration time-out

May 7th, 2001 No Comments

Issue 73: May 7, 2001
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In a new Gallup poll released Thursday (May 3, 2001), more Americans (43%) want to see immigration levels lowered from current levels, than to remain the same (41%). (http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010503.asp )
To those who object to current U.S. immigration policy — which will drive 90% of the country’s [...]

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Immigration a "public relations nightmare" for Sierra Club

April 30th, 2001 No Comments

Issue 71: April 30, 2001
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On an issue that continues to divide the Sierra Club, an important ballot initiative was narrowly beaten back this month. The referendum would have forced Club leaders to stress population growth as a major factor in sprawl. (This would seem an obvious connection, but the sprawl/population issue [...]

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Immigration a racial issue says Sierra Club

February 19th, 2001 No Comments

Issue 63: February 19, 2001
Studies show that by consuming cheap labor from developing countries, U.S. immigration policy encourages global population growth. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/immigr/populate.htm
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To test a man for insanity, the story goes, put him in a room in which a water faucet is open and the sink is overflowing. Hand him a [...]

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