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  • ‘No Touching, Only Seeing, Okay?’

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  • Ban Nudity! Ban Nightlife!

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  • Survey: Majority of Catholics support including birth control in health care plans

    Updated: 2012-02-10 14:10:06
    Thanks to Earl Babbie for sending me this article regarding a Catholic majority supportive of a rule by the U.S. government that says most employers must include contraception coverage in their health care plans. The story ran in the Detroit Free Press. As a reminder, at roughly 313 million, U.S. population accounts for about 4.4% [...]

  • National Population Policy Workshop: Population Policies are Vital

    Updated: 2012-02-09 14:05:44
    Please see this article, which was recently published in the Sudan Vision, an independent daily, about a meeting that reportedly took place on January 3rd, 2012 in Sudan. The online article seems to be poorly translated, and has been edited for clarity below. As a reminder, Sudan’s population is about 45 million, or about 0.64% [...]

  • Niger struggling to feed refugees, as well as its own growing population

    Updated: 2012-02-08 16:42:50
    Please see this recently written for SOS Children, a UK based charity, which focuses on developments in Niger. Reportedly, “religious leaders are now openly addressing the topic of family planning as a way to ensure a healthier population, which can be sustained by Niger’s fragile resources.” Click here: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/niger-struggling-to-feed-refugees-as-well-as-its-own-growing-population Niger struggling to feed refugees, as [...]

  • Ever-increasing Nonrenewable Natural Resource (NNR) Scarcity

    Updated: 2012-02-06 14:17:59
    Thanks to Chris Clugston for this recent analysis of nonrenewable natural resource scarcity. For a full analysis of nonrenewable resources by Chris, you can view this .pdf: http://www.wakeupamerika.com/PDFs/Increasing-Global-Nonrenewable-Natural-Resource-Scarcity_Prelude-to-Global-Societal-Collapse.pdf Ever-increasing Nonrenewable Natural Resource (NNR) Scarcity There will always be plenty of NNRs in the ground. Unfortunately, there are not enough economically viable NNRs in the ground [...]

  • Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar Connect Family Planning With Environmental Health

    Updated: 2012-02-06 14:16:47
    The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations. Please see this January 2012 article, which reports on population-related efforts by both the World Wildlife Fund and Blue Ventures, a UK-based marine conservation [...]

  • 2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come

    Updated: 2012-02-06 14:15:09
    Thanks to the Earth Policy Institute for sending me this recent release. See: http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C51/temperature_2012 January 31, 2012 2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come Janet Larsen and Sara Rasmussen The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year [...]

  • Top Komen Staffer Quit Over Policy Targetting Planned Parenthood

    Updated: 2012-02-03 14:52:02
    Over the last several days there has been an epic firestorm of controversy and outrage over a decision recently made by the Susan G. Komen Foundation — to eliminate breast-cancer screening grants to Planned Parenthood. You can see RH Reality Checks full coverage of the issue here: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/komen-vs-planned-parenthood For the article in question, click here: [...]

  • Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World

    Updated: 2012-02-02 14:04:20
    Several recent Daily Emails were related to entertainment-education initiatives geared towards adults in various places around the world; below is an article related to a different kind of “entertainment education”. For a Wikipedia article on Nature Deficit Disorder click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_deficit_disorder To read the article in question, see: http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/childrens-books-increasingly-ignore-natural-world-39391/ Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World A [...]

  • World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel as Population Soars

    Updated: 2012-02-01 14:48:19
    Thanks to Steve Kurtz for alerting PMC to this January 30th article in Scientific American. Similar coverage was seen from Reuters and the Australian Broadcasting Company. All are reporting on the release of a report authored by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability. The full report is here (.pdf). The article [...]

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