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Due Deferens Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate		11 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Due Deferens Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate The percentage of boys born in the U.S. and Japan each year has gradually declined over the last three decades, a new study says -- and pollutants are a possible cause. "Male reproductive health is in trouble," says lead researcher Devra Lee Davis of the University of Pittsburgh, noting that both adult fertil ...
Topics: green living, Japan, news, population, United States (all these topics)

Population Quit talking about it already	David Roberts	11 Apr 2007	Gristmill
We're constantly getting yelled at here at Grist for not discussing population, which according to the yellers is the ultimate problem of all problems, such that addressing any other problem without addressing it first is to demonstrate one's total subjugation to The Man and False Consciousness. The issue came up in this thread, so I thought I'd say for the record why I never bother to discuss population. It's obviously relevant to the ecological health of the plane ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics, population (all these topics)

Bill McKibben: Warning on Warming A new essay from the man	David Roberts	19 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Tom Engelhardt of the indispensable Tom's Dispatch received permission from the editors of the New York Review of Books to reprint an essay by Bill McKibben that appears in the current issue. He passed that permission along to me. Thanks to Tom, the editors at NYRB, and of course Bill for his tireless advocacy. ----- Warning on Warming By Bill McKibben [This piece, which appears in the March 15, 2007 issue of The New York Review of Books is posted here with ...
Topics: climate, population, Bill McKibben, consumerism, climate change adaptation (all these topics)

Green Manhattan redux Is it greener after all?	David Roberts	08 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Tyler Cowen disputes the frequent assertion that Manhattanites have the smallest environmental footprints around. He says: Praising Manhattan is a bit like looking only at the roof of a car and concluding it doesn't burn much gas. Manhattan supports its density only by being surrounded by a broader load of crud. ... If you think the big problem is humans grabbing more and more space, you might prefer to tax suburbs and subsidize cities. If you think the ...
Topics: ecological footprint, green living, New York City, placemaking, population (all these topics)

Shrinkage Population, that is	David Roberts	27 Nov 2006	Gristmill
It's conventional wisdom that economic growth requires a growing population; thus the gnashing of teeth over shrinking numbers in, e.g., Italy. Last week, Fred Hiatt took a look at Japan, where the birthrate is down to 1.25 (2.1 is required to maintain a stable population) and the population shrank by about 21,000 last year. Somewhat surprisingly, the Japanese don't seem to be fighting the trend. Instead, they seem intent on showing that shrinking population and eco ...
Topics: green living, Italy, Japan, population (all these topics)

Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million		17 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million This morning at 7:46 eastern daylight time, the 300 millionth American was either born or crossed the border. Person 300 Million is here just in time for bitter pre-election immigration debates: 40 percent of the U.S. population growth rate is attributed to immigration, and immigrants make up the largest proportion of the nation's population since the 192 ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

Frumpy, but well intentioned New study finds women dress better when they're fertile	Kate Sheppard	10 Oct 2006	Gristmill
A new study has found that women tend to dress better when they're fertile, according to an article published today by Reuters. Perhaps there is good reason environmentalists, at least as far as the stereotype is concerned, dress poorly. All the hemp ponchos and fleece jackets are really just another way to walk the talk on population control. At least, that's my new excuse for dressing like this. It's my fertility camouflage.
Topics: fashion, population (all these topics)

Sometimes you just have to let go of a word ... Rethinking 'overpopulation'	biodiversivist	04 Oct 2006	Gristmill
'Overpopulation' is one of them. 'Gay' is another. You can insist on calling yourself gay out of a stubborn refusal to let language evolve, but unless you are gay, you will be giving a lot of people the wrong impression. The word 'overpopulation' (which remains vague and poorly defined) has fallen out of favor and is rarely used in polite company. We can thank, at least in part, those who called for an increase in death rates and draconian restrictions on childbirth ...
Topics: population, environmental movement, messaging (all these topics)

So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October As the U.S. population ticks ever closer to the 300 million mark -- 299,800,000-plus and counting! -- many enviros worry that the rising numbers will amplify existing environmental problems. "The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world experiencing significant population growth," says Vicky Markham of the Cent ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

Happy World Population Day	Lisa Hymas	11 Jul 2006	Gristmill
World population as of this post: 6,527,742,659. And rising quickly. This year, the World Population Day focus is on yoots. Factoids from the U.N. Population Fund: Half of the world's people are under the age of 25. Some 3 billion children and young people are, or will soon be, of reproductive age. In 57 developing countries, over 40 percent of the population is under 15. The number of youth in the world surviving on less than a dollar a day in 2000 was an estimat ...
Topics: population (all these topics)

The recipe for twins (sorry, vegans)	Todd Hymas Samkara	22 May 2006	Gristmill
Attention female vegans (and no, I'm not soliciting romance, thanks): If you're dreaming of birthing twins, you may want to read this. Women who eat a vegan diet -- a strict vegetarian diet that excludes all animal products including milk -- are one-fifth as likely as other women to have twins, a U.S. researcher reported on Saturday.But despite what some headline-writers suggest ('Vegan diet lowers odds of having twins' and 'Meat-Eaters More Likely to Have Twins ...
Topics: food, health, population, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

X-tinct Men Pollutants cause tiny genetic mutations in humans		12 May 2006	Daily Grist
X-tinct Men Pollutants cause tiny genetic mutations in humans You know when your brother called you a genetic mutant, and you said "am not," and he said "are too"? Well, he was right. Sorry. According to new research, chemicals and pollutants like those found in exhaust fumes cause tiny DNA mutations which, while too small to cause immediate disease, can build up over generations. Mathematical models indicate t ...
Topics: news, population, toxics (all these topics)

Slum Like It Not In the world's slums, the worst of poverty and environmental degradation collide	Mike Davis	29 Mar 2006	Main Dish
This article was originally published in OrionOnline. Precarious dwellings in North Sulawasi, Indonesia. Photos: iStockphoto. A villa miseria outside Buenos Aires, Argentina, may have the worst feng shui in the world: it is built in a flood zone over a former lake, a toxic dump, and a cemetery. Then there's the barrio perched precariously on stilts over the excrement-clogge ...
Topics: environmental justice, placemaking, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, sprawl, toxics, waste (all these topics)

The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs		17 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs As the U.S. population rises, more and more people are moving into compact, smartly planned, energy-efficient cities. Ha! Ha! Sigh. Actually, the fastest-growing areas of the country are fringes: suburbs and semi-rural areas on the edges of expanding metropolitan regions. "It's not just the decade of t ...
Topics: news, placemaking, population, United States (all these topics)

Walking the Line What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet	Oliver Bernstein	07 Mar 2006	Soapbox
As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long borde ...
Topics: environmental justice, health, Mexico, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, Sierra Club, sprawl, United States, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

You're a Good Man, Lester Brown An interview with the founder of Worldwatch and Earth Policy Institute	David Roberts	06 Mar 2006	Main Dish
There are few titans remaining in the environmental world -- figures that command respect not only inside the movement but in the larger global political milieu as well. Lester Brown is one of them. In 1974, he founded the Worldwatch Institute, one of the first think tanks to focus on the global environmental situation (its agenda-setting yearly reports, State of th ...
Topics: China, climate, interview, Lester Brown, nuclear power, population, renewable energy (all these topics)

Go have sex right now! If you want your kid to be famous.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	13 Jan 2006	Gristmill
If you want your kid to be famous, that is. Demographers (a notoriously 'educated guess'-ing bunch) are predicting that the 300 millionth American will be born in October of this year. Do the math ... that's right. You can finish reading this post later. You're most likely to be the parent of 'Baby 300 Million' (or, as I like to call it, B3M) if you are a Latino in Los Angeles County. And it'll be a boy! Congratulations! Unlike many of his predecessors, B3M co ...
Topics: population, sex (all these topics)

Going Down Is too few people the new 'population problem'?	Mike Wendling	14 Dec 2005	Main Dish
Is too few people the new "population problem"? By Mike Wendling 14 Dec 2005 Alston wants your women. All's quiet on the Alston front. Photo: www.visitcumbria.com. And not just any old hags, either -- residents of this northern English town would prefer strapping young things who aren't afraid to get dirty. "Quite frankly, old people are not going to give us the vitality that we need," says Vince Peart, the cheerful if lovelorn spokesperson for the town's matchmaki ...
Topics: European Union, Japan, population (all these topics)

Hike Messenger Population activist David Nova took his message to the trail	Sarah van Schagen	14 Dec 2005	Main Dish
David Nova. While camping alone in the Mojave Desert three years ago, David Nova was suddenly struck by the lack of human influence -- no buildings, no streetlights, no cars, all the way to the horizon. It wasn't the first time the avid hiker had thought about the effects of population on the environment, but it was the moment he decided he could do something about it. A longtime socia ...
Topics: green living, outdoor recreation, population, West Coast (all these topics)

Drowning Myself in the Gene Pool When it comes to having kids, this global citizen can't bear it	John Kurmann	14 Dec 2005	Soapbox
This old earth has spun 'round the sun 40 times since my founding egg and sperm got cozy with each other, and yet I'm still a solo act: no wife, no family, no tribe. While a life partner and tribe can be left to happen whenever they happen -- if they happen -- I'm at the point where I think I need to either become a daddy, soon, or give up the idea once and for all. Hope f ...
Topics: green living, parenting, population (all these topics)

Boy Vey! Air pollution may cut number of boy births		24 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Boy Vey! Air pollution may cut number of boy births Looking to score, fellas? The secret may be moving to a highly polluted area. Turns out air pollution may skew the ratio of female to male births in favor of the former, by altering the proportion of sperm that carry an X vs. a Y chromosome. A team of Brazilian researchers divided Sao Paulo -- Brazil's largest city, with a population of 17 million -- ...
Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, population (all these topics)

Sweet sixteen One family aiming to be half the population of Arkansas	Sarah K. Burkhalter	13 Oct 2005	Gristmill
Speaking of overpopulation ...
Topics: parenting, population (all these topics)

Let No Good Seed Go Unpunished Exposure to heavily polluted air can damage sperm DNA		28 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Let No Good Seed Go Unpunished Exposure to heavily polluted air can damage sperm DNA Turns out air pollution can make a man into a eunuch. Research published this month in the journal Human Reproduction found that the sperm quality of 35 men in Teplice, Czech Republic, diminished significantly in the winter when more fossil fuels were burned and the area's air pollution reached or exce ...
Topics: air pollution, Czech Republic, news, pollution and waste, population (all these topics)

Breed Between the Lines World population heading rapidly toward 7 billion		24 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Breed Between the Lines World population heading rapidly toward 7 billion The global population will reach 7 billion by about 2012 and continue to rise for many decades, according to a new report from the Population Reference Bureau, a private research organization. "Almost 99 percent of population growth today and for the foreseeable future will be in ... developing countries," said Carl Haub, a demographer with the bureau. In c ...
Topics: news, population (all these topics)

You've Come a Long Way, Maybe Stats on how far we've come (or haven't) since the first Earth Day	Todd Hymas	22 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
Photo: NASA. 3.7 billion -- world population in 19701 6.4 billion -- world population in 20051 1,535 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity used in the U.S. in 19702 3,837 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity expected to be used in the U.S. in 20053 6.0 -- percentage of electricity in U.S. consumed in 1970 produced from renewable sources4 6.7 -- percentage of electrici ...
Topics: climate, energy, GMOs, oil, placemaking, population, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

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