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Sex, Ideology and Religion: 10 myths about world population growth

Posted by Papers 29 Dec 2011

In 1804 there were 1 billion people in the world, in 1960 3 billion people and this year on the 31st October the world population reached 7 billion. The world population continues to grow with about 78 million people every year, more than the entire population of the UK. This new Paper on Sex, Ideology and Religion: 10 Myths about Population Growth produced by Richard Ottaway MP and Genevieve Hutchinson [...]

An Interview with Paul A. Samuelson

Posted by Highlights, Papers 24 May 2011

An interview with Paul A. Samuelson, by William A. Barnett, which appeared in print in the journal, Macroeconomic Dynamics, in September 2004. Samuelson (1915–2009) was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The interview confers Samuelson’s views on the economics profession from 1929 to the present and an overview of Samuelson’s career as one of the greatest economists of all time.

Nobel Laureates hand over recommendations to UN high level panel on global sustainability

Posted by Climate change, Papers, Population Stress 19 May 2011

Source: globalsymposium2011.org. The verdict from the trial of humanity, which opened the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium, has been incorporated into the Stockholm Memorandum: Tipping the Scales towards Sustainability (pdf). In particular, the jury of Nobel Laureates concluded that humans are now the most significant driver of global change, and that our collective actions could have abrupt and [...]

The ‘Green Dragon’ Slayers: How the Religious Right and the Corporate Right are Joining Forces to Fight Environmental Protection

Posted by Climate change, Papers 1 May 2011

Source: People For the American Way. While people across the world celebrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability, a powerful coalition of corporate and religious right organizations are seeking to radically redefine our relationship with the environment. In a new report, The ‘Green Dragon’ Slayers: How the Religious Right and the Corporate Right are Joining Forces to Fight Environmental Protection, [...]

UK’s Prince Charles blasts climate-change skeptics

Posted by Climate change, Papers 9 Feb 2011

Source: AP. Prince Charles lashed out Wednesday at climate change skeptics, saying they are playing “a reckless game of roulette” with the planet’s future. Skeptics are having a “corrosive effect” on public opinion, the British heir to the throne added. “Their suggestion, that hundreds of scientists around the world … are somehow unconsciously biased, creates the implication that many of us are secretly conspiring to undermine [...]

Infallibility and the Population Problem

Posted by Authors, Papers, Population Stress, Stephen D. Mumford 10 Nov 2010

I have been asked to speak about what the Catholic Church has been saying and doing in its opposition to family planning. I want to be clear from the outset that I am talking about the Vatican hierarchy and not the Catholic laity. As many of you know, studies show that American Catholic women use contraception and abortion at slightly higher rates than non-Catholic women. My research has been devoted to the Vatican’s [...]

Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum

Posted by Climate change, Editor's Choice, Papers 8 Nov 2010

Source: The Huffington Post. Bianca Jagger delivered this speech at the ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference on 8 October 2010. Today we stand at a crossroads in history. The warnings from our most respected scientists are loud and clear, yet government leaders continue to ignore the scale of the threat. According to many scientists, we have less than a decade left to address the issue of climate change before [...]

POPULATION: The Multiplier of Everything

Posted by Papers, Population Stress 25 Sep 2010

Source: Population Media Center. When a man and a woman have unprotected sex, babies are quite often the result. Sexual decisions not only impact the lives of those involved, but impact the planet we all share. Currently the world’s population is growing by 80 million people every year. On a planet with finite resources this means we either take a rational approach to addressing population issues, or we [...]

Seeing Is Believing: Questions about Faith-Based Organizations That Are Involved in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

Posted by Papers 19 Sep 2010

This investigative report commissioned by Catholics for Choice exposes the truth about the Roman Catholic church’s activities in the European Union. Issues such as the European Constitution, abortion, the family and the future of religious freedom in the European Union are discussed as elements of the Holy See’s European plans. Preserving Power and Privilege [...]

Preserving Power and Privilege: The Vatican’s Agenda in the European Union

Posted by Papers 19 Sep 2010

This investigative report commissioned by Catholics for Choice exposes the truth about the Roman Catholic church’s activities in the European Union. Issues such as the European Constitution, abortion, the family and the future of religious freedom in the European Union are discussed as elements of the Holy See’s European plans. Preserving Power and Privilege [...]

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