How Immigration Affects our Environment

Population & Environment

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Large Crowd Near a Fence
June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

More is Not Necessarily Better

As an area becomes more populated, its infrastructure starts straining under the weight of all the new people who must be served. Police forces, roads, and schools no longer satisfy the demands of a growing population, and farmland and forests are sacrificed to strip malls and housing developments.
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June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

Energy Use, CO2 Emission and Immigration

Energy consumption is a factor of both per capita use and population size. Population size in the United States is largely an issue currently shaped by immigration. U.S. energy consumption and the resulting environmental impact from the production of greenhouse gasses have been steadily increasing even though per capita consumption has been decreasing. Reversing this trend requires reducing immigration.
landscape painting
June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

Urban Sprawl

Farmland, forests, and other open space is being lost to urban population settlement.
World globe in water drop on green leaf environment
June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

Environmentalists Support Immigration Reform

The key to controlling environmental damage is to stabilize our population a size sustainable by our environment and natural resources--but high immigration is working at odds with efforts to keep overpopulation under control.
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June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

Traffic Congestion

More immigration means more congested highways.
Enviornment rotator tahoe
June 1, 2009 Population & Environment

The Population-Environment Connection

Describing the disjoint between environmental priorities and immigration fueled population growth.
Why Should You Care About Immigration?
November 17, 2008 Population & Environment

Current Immigration in Historical Perspective

Never before has immigration from one country been so massive.
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June 1, 2008 Population & Environment

Population Growth

Immigration adds more than half of the annual U.S. population increase, while communities struggleing to provide services to existing residents.
Secuoia Forest
January 4, 2008 Population & Environment

Q&A on the Environmental Connection

How does large-scale immigration impact population growth, water and energy supplies, urban sprawl, and other environmental issues?