A recent article in the Lancet medical journal has been getting a lot of press for predicting that the global population will decline sooner than most experts predict — at 9.7 billion in 2064. But a) that’s still way too many people for this roasting planet and b) the authors are more optimistic about improvements in women’s education and access to birth control than many other...
Indonesia’s New Coronavirus Concern: A Post-Pandemic Baby Boom
With restrictions in place, millions stopped visiting clinics for contraceptives, says the government, which promotes family planning as part of its fight against child malnutrition…
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The pandemic could lead to a ‘baby bust’ of almost half a million fewer births, a major think tank
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Brookings Institute economists predict that the coronavirus pandemic will lead to what they call a “baby bust” — not a baby boom…
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Stephen C. Bannister: Our Faustian bargain with fossil fuels
By Stephen C. Bannister | Special to The Tribune · Published: 5 days agoUpdated: 5 days ago
Most of us have enjoyed the much cleaner air since the great COVID-19 shutdown-caused economic collapse. Everything damaging that we normally dump into our common airshed is reduced — carbon dioxide that increases climate warming and the pollutant precursors that cause regional haze...
The world faces major energy-related challenges Part 2
Understanding historical energy revolutions will help us in our quest to halt global warming. There are two important questions to ask history about and apply to our current challenge:
The world faces major energy-related challenges
PART 1: The first is halting global warming. The second is determining the shape of the nextgreat energy revolution.
Two Requests and 2024 Sneak Peek
It’s hard to believe that we are in the middle of December already! This year has flown by on the wings of a peregrine falcon.
UPEC Board Member Profile – Ann O’Connell
Why I joined UPEC – The Utah Population and Environment Council (UPEC) was founded a quarter century ago as an unintended consequence of the founding of Envision Utah.
UPEC Board Member Profile – Doug Stark
I became aware of the population issue in a required biology class at the University of Utah in the 1960’s.