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Posted at 5:02 PM on 24 Mar 2008

• Barack Obama talks about timber and liquefied natural gas in Oregon.

• The culling of Yellowstone bison rises ire.

• Malthusian fears are bubbling up again, says a front-page Wall Street Journal article.

• Illegal trade in polar bear skins may be rising in Russia.

• The FDA relied heavily on industry studies when determining the health risks posed by bisphenol A.

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Malthusian Analysis Not Sufficient

While the Earth and its resources are obviously finite, this way of looking at overpopulation is generally immoral.  The question under a Malthusian analysis is how much humans can destroy the Earth without destroying themselves.  This is not a question any environmentalist should be asking.  Instead, the question should be how many people can exist while still allowing all other species to live wild in adequate numbers and while allowing enough wilderness to keep the Earth and its ecosystems healthy.

by Wolverine at 12:35 PM on 25 Mar 2008

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