Liberalism Requires Immigration Controls
May 15, 2012
Philip Cafaro
I recently came across an interesting argument on the pseudonymous blog “The Philosopher’s Beard,” titled Liberalism requires immigration controls. “Immigration controls by rich countries are mean,” it begins… Read more »
People and the Planet – Royal Society Publishes New Report
May 5, 2012
Philip Cafaro
Britain’s Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific organization, has published a new report on the environmental impacts of overpopulation, titled People and the Planet. The report notes that “rapid and widespread changes in the world’s human population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption, present profound challenges to human health and wellbeing, and the natural environment.” Read more »
New CAPS Advertisement Makes the Colbert Report
May 2, 2012
Philip Cafaro
The immigration / population /environment connection has been in the news in this past week, or at least in the “news.” The group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) began running this advertisement on California TV, which alerts viewers to the connection between mass immigration and increased greenhouse gas emissions, in the U.S. and worldwide. Read more »
Both Non Profit And Commercial Lobbyists Push For More Immigration
April 24, 2012
Donald A. Collins
The NY Times April 21st article by Mike McIntyre on the American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC tells us of a conservative non profit with extraordinary skill and proven success at influencing legislation. Read more »
Big Green Groups to Endorse a President Reluctant on Reducing Immigration
April 20, 2012
Leah Durant
According to Democratic sources, several big green groups like the Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, Clean Water Action and Environment America are slated to announce their endorsement of President Barack Obama today for the upcoming 2012 presidential election. While it’s no surprise the greens will back Obama, many Americans are feeling a bit disappointed about the direction America is heading in this arena. Read more »
Tech Titans Ignore Struggling American Kids In Favor Of Illegal Alien Children
March 12, 2012
Donald A. Collins
Lucky me, born in the Great Depression, raised too young to go to WW II, and ready for adult life and work just as the Korean War was ending, and the massive baby boomers were not yet out of diapers. No employment problems for me. Read more »
The Earth is Full
Philip Cafaro
March 10, 2012
Here is a fascinating TED Talk by Paul Gilding, arguing that The Earth is Full and that creating the best possible future for humanity depends on facing this, rather than trying to squeeze a few more years of growth out of a system that is showing signs that it is reaching its ecological limits. The video has been seen over 350,000 times. Read more »
Population Is Our Biggest Challenge
March 9, 2012
Population is ‘our biggest challenge’ says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington. That’s the headline of a recent article by Tom Levitt in The Ecologist, Britain’s pre-eminent popular environmental journal. You see, in the United Kingdom, population issues — including immigration rates — are the subject of vigorous debate. Read more »
New Publication on Climate Change and Population Policy
March 5, 2012
PFIR Board President Philip Cafaro has published a new study in the January/February issue of the prestigious journal WIRES: Climate Change. Titled, Climate Ethics and Population Policy, it analyses the contribution stabilizing population could make to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reviews the failure of the international community to act on this knowledge, considers reasons for this failure, and discusses the moral imperative to limit population growth and pass on a flourishing natural world to future generations. Read more »
Growth and Immigration Reform Part 1: Migration and Fertility Patterns
Underneath the emotionally charged immigration debate is a more complex and damning population crisis that affects not only the US, but all of the world. While population growth rates may have slowed since its peak in the 1960s, growth still presents a major problem for the planet’s environmental health. Read more »
Growth and Immigration Reform Part 2: Addressing Population Growth through Family Planning
By analyzing migratory patterns and fertility rates in part one, in correlation with domestic and international labor needs and ecological concerns, we demonstrate a need for addressing population growth and trends within nations. This approach properly addresses migratory patterns that are potentially detrimental to the originating nation or the hosting nation. The jobs magnet and chain migration are large factors in immigrant growth. Fertility rates of the immigrant population, however, are also important numbers to consider when weighing the potential impact of population growth through mass migration. Read more »
Sierra Club says, “Think Globally, Don’t Act Locally”
Philip Cafaro
February 14, 2012
The lead article in the most recent issue of the Sierra Club’s “Compass” newsletter is titled “Population and Family Planning at the UN Climate Negotiations.” Read more »
Compassionate Conservative
Phil Cafaro
February 12, 2012
Sunday’s New York Times carried an interesting op-ed piece by Ross Douthat titled “Can the Working Class Be Saved?” The piece was built around a review of Charles Murray’s new book Coming Apart, which chronicles and laments the decline of values among working-class Americans, while apparently downplaying the role of decreasing paychecks in undermining poor people’s lives. Read more »
Is President Obama Right about Engineers?
Mark Krikorian – Center for Immigration Studies
February 2, 2012
During a recent video chat session, President Obama told a woman that he could not understand why her engineer husband was unemployed because “industry tells me that they don’t have enough highly skilled engineers.” However, data from the American Community Survey collected by the Census Bureau show that there are a total of 1.8 million U.S.-born individuals with engineering degrees who are either unemployed, out of the labor market, or not working as engineers. Read more »
State of the Union 2012: Obama’s Immigration Platform Fails Americans
Leah Durant
January 25, 2012
Early in his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for passage of the DREAM Act, a bill that would give an estimated 2 million illegal aliens a path to citizenship if they had lived in the country for a predetermined period or served in the military. Calling DREAMers “American through and through,” Obama claimed that “opponents of action have run out of excuses.” And that while Congress should pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform, the United States should “at least stop expelling talented young people.” Read more »
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