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Without immigration reform, 200-square-foot apartments will be common

The Oregonian
Friday, November 8, 2013
Our American Future

In a sign of the times, tiny apartments of less than 200 square feet are to be built in Portland. They will have shared kitchens.

To those familiar with population trends, this isn’t surprising. Tight living quarters may be in the future for all but the richest elite...

How Much Degrowth is Enough?

We know that it is possible to place only a finite number of pennies on a sheet of paper. That number becomes smaller if the paper is burning at the edges - in other words, if the flat resource base is being consumed.

Physicist Al Bartlett is dead at 90 - well known population lecturer - video tribute

Professor Emeritus Al Bartlett (1923-2013) died on September 7, 2013 at age 90. 

Can the US Feed the World?

Monday, September 9, 2013
Our American Future

The September issue of Progressive Farmer magazine included a well-researched spread on “Feeding the World - Food Cliff - Can a booming world population be fed without overtaxing resources?" The article asks:

Overpopulation in America and the world: radioactive oceans

Fukushima in overflow: radioactive effluent circulating into all oceans
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Our American Future

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” ― Chief Seattle

A slow-motion Colorado River disaster - a people longage in the Southwest

La Times
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Our American Future

On Aug. 7, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority called for federal disaster relief to address the consequences of water scarcity in the Colorado River system. On Friday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it would be forced to cut the flow of water into Lake Mead in 2014 to a historic low...

Foreign-Born Share Would Hit Historic High in 7 Years Under S.744

One in seven U.S. residents would be immigrants by 2020
Center for Immigration Studies
Monday, June 24, 2013
National News

Population Driven to Double by Mass Immigration

An Analysis of US Population - Immigration Projections

by Fred Elbel
Rev 1.3 April 28, 2014

Immigration Deluge Will Drain Water Resources

Santa Barbara NewsPress
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Our American Future

As the Obama administration attempts to press its version of immigration reform through Congress, here are three relevant issues unlikely to be considered in the debate.

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