America lost 17,800 square miles of open space to development between 2002 and 2017, according to a study published today by NumbersUSA. This equates to an area the size of Maryland and Connecticut combined. “Our nation is losing open spaces at an alarming rate,” said Leon Kolankiewicz, an environmental plannerRead More →
Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya says the country’s growing population has partly contributed to the insurgency in the country, despite creating a larger pool of talent for economic activities. Similarly, Air Chief of Staff Air Marshall Oladayo Amao said illegal oil refining in the Niger Delta regionRead More →
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will reach out to district municipalities, businesses, universities and community members during National Water Week. The department called on stakeholders and South Africans to advance the centrality of water and sanitation to all communities in the province during the month of March andRead More →
Today, readers comment on improved infrastructure to serve a busier Adelaide and voter preferences. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily Commenting on the op-ed: Ignore population growth advocates who can’t answer this obvious question David Washington is absolutely correct in pointing out the need to significantly improve Adelaide’s public transport system to accommodateRead More →
Breadcrumb Links Local News “Our hard work is paying off in getting people to see our community as a great place to live and do business” Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger. John Lappa/Sudbury Star Content of the article The city touts its economic growth in 2021. Advertising This ad hasRead More →
NSW’s 2021 State of the Environment (SoE) report released this week confirms that population growth is “a significant driver of environmental impacts”, noted Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The SoE report reveals that land clearing has tripled in the past decade, forests and grasslands have deteriorated, and 62% of vegetation isRead More →
Saint Andrews Mayor Brad Henderson knew his hometown was growing, but was pleasantly surprised to learn that the seaside tourist town was leading the province’s growth among municipalities with between 1,000 and 5,000 residents . Between 2016 and 2021, the population of Saint Andrews grew by 14.7%, well ahead ofRead More →
Graphs from the Minnesota State Demographic Center show population growth and decline in Minnesota counties based on 2010 and 2020 census data. The metropolitan area saw the largest increase in the state, with Greater Minnesota seeing a population decline. ST. PAUL — Data from the 2020Read More →
A crowded street in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, in March 2020. Photo: Shashank Hudkar/Unsplash India’s population is now 138 crore and could overtake China by 2024 as the most populous country in the world. Some experts and political leaders have pointed to this growing population as a problem for the climate toRead More →
The Silo City US Warehouse is being converted into luxury apartments and retail space in the first phase of a plan to reuse many of the site’s historic buildings. Derek Gee/Buffalo News If being a homebuyer in Buffalo Niagara wasn’t hard enough these days, the area’s growing population means thereRead More →
Nobody seems to take note of the demographic explosion scenario on the Indian subcontinent. India seems to have forgotten their slogans’Hum do hamare do’ (We two – ours two) and ‘Pehla Baccha Abhi Nahin-Do ke baad kabhi nahin‘ (First child not now – after two never) maybe because of voteRead More →
The Rajya Sabha on Friday discussed a private bill on population regulation proposed by Rakesh Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party. During the discussion, another BJP member, Vikas Mahatme, called for the removal of the penal clauses from the bill saying that if a family were penalized for more thanRead More →
It is imperative to make national population control laws for the unity and integrity of the whole country and implement them equally India’s uncontrolled population growth has become the central topic of discussion among common people these days. It is true that the discussion began before independence, but due toRead More →
Washington state’s steadily growing population is another victim of COVID-19, according to recent U.S. Census figures. From July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021, the population of Evergreen State increased by 19,900 for a growth rate of 0.3%. The state ranked 24th out of 50 states. The US population onlyRead More →
On January 1, at the stroke of midnight, New York City welcomed its first new inhabitant of 2022: Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia, born at the start of the new year at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn. With changing population and fertility trends, however, there is less competition to become theRead More →
The Lagos State Government has entered into plans to include and lead optimal population management initiatives as part of its programs and projects aimed at ensuring the growth and development of human capital in accordance with international best practices. This was made known by the Lagos State Commissioner for EconomicRead More →
By the Indian Legal Office Three candidates from the municipal corporations of Vadodara and Rajkot were disqualified on February 8 under the two-child policy in Gujarat for running for election. The nominations were contested as each candidate had three children. The electoral official of Ward 15 of the Vadodara MunicipalRead More →
On Thursday, a House leader slammed the government for pretending that the economy would not prosper without population control. Deputy Speaker of the House and representative of the BUHAY party list, Lito Atienza, released the statement after Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Karl Chua cited the “crucial role of reproductive health andRead More →
A new plea has been filed with the Supreme Court to make Union states and territories parties to a PIL which has called for certain measures to control the country’s growing population. The Center earlier told the Supreme Court that India was unequivocal against imposing family planning on its people.Read More →
New Delhi, November 6 A new plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make the states and union territories parties to a PIL that called for certain measures, including a two-child standard, to control the country’s growing population. The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay saidRead More →
A new plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make the states and union territories parties to a PIL that called for certain measures, including the two-child standard, to control the country’s growing population. The plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said the population explosion isRead More →
India’s most populous state plans to implement a population control policy that will be dangerous for its most vulnerable citizens, writes Kanav Narayan Sahgal. On July 19, the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission published a draft of its Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. It was only days beforeRead More →
Alice Nott Many have felt lately that the earth is running out of space, and by extension, we need to control the population. In the face of increasing climate change, such a call has become more appealing, but is it just a siren call? James Lovelock would say no –Read More →
Amid the growing impact of climate change, stakeholders advocated the need to control population growth in Lagos to limit threats posed by climate change. Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Obafemi Hamzat led the call at a conference to mark the 70th birthday and retirement of Professor Babajide Alo, at theRead More →
Dr Y Udaya ChandarOn July 11, 2021, World Population Day, Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, unveiled his bill for UP, “UP Population (Control, Stabilization, and Welfare) Act 2021”. The purpose of the law is to discourage and prevent UP people from having more than two children. TheRead More →
Sanjica Kumar and Vedica Nigam, students at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India critically examine the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill 2021 ) and make suggestions for its improvement… introduction On July 7, 2021, the Law Commission of Uttar Pradesh, a state in northernRead More →
Amid pressure for a policy of population control by some Bharatiya Janata Party-led states, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday alleged that the BJP’s motive for raising the issue was political and aimed at targeting a “particular community”. The former Union minister said the population debate was “completely misplaced” andRead More →
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CT Ravi on Tuesday called for a population control policy in Karnataka on the model of two other states ruled by his party, Assam and Uttar Pradesh, even then that differences on the issue were surfacing between the ruling National Democratic Party. Alliance (NDA) partnersRead More →
The Supreme Court scheduled the case for a rehearing on July 5. (Case) New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed a plea seeking to make the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare a party to a public interest litigation that sought certain measures, including the two-child standard, to control the country’sRead More →
Center said he was against forced family planning. (Representative) New Delhi: The Center told the Supreme Court that India is unequivocally against forcing family planning on its people and that any compulsion to have a certain number of children is counterproductive and leads to demographic distortions. . In an affidavitRead More →
For the past several years, I have expressed my opinion on the need to encourage population control to keep the earth’s human population to a number that is within the carrying capacity of the planet. A finite amount of resources and arable land cannot support infinite population growth. Although thereRead More →
Climate change has taken center stage globally in recent months after three reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which paint a dire picture of the future if governments do not take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But when it comes to changing our behaviors to reduce CO2Read More →
Mumbai, India – Across northern and central India, a campaign for a population control law is gaining momentum. The movement ostensibly seeks to raise awareness of the need to curtail India’s population of 1.34 billion, second only to China’s 1.39 billion. But its subtext reflects a core belief of right-wingRead More →