Published May 11th, 2006 by Future Atlas
Immigration or environmental protection?
The CSM examines a collision of issues that many find disturbing: high rates of immigration to the United States are at odds with many aspects of environmental preservation.
As an environmentalist puts it, “Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth. All we’re saying is, those numbers should be reduced to achieve population stabilization.”
The article also reports some intriguing findings that suggest that immigrant women’s fertility actually rises when they come the US, further amplifying the impact of their increased wealth on the world’s environment.
How a society balances immigration and the environment is a matter of priorities and values, but environmentalists should at least take note that reducing immigrant inflows might prevent a lot more pollution and sprawl than most other “green” policies.
Brishen Hoff Says
Good points. Here is the focus of my website:
Canada’s environmental integrity is inversely correlated with its population growth. Canada is grossly overpopulated based on what we believe to be a healthy balance between human numbers and biodiversity. Canada’s natural environment is being damaged at an unprecedented rate. Since immigration is main agent of Canada’s population growth, we advocate a complete moratorium on immigration to Canada. We also support an end to: child birthing incentives, natural resource exportation and economic growth.
http://ecologicalcrash.blogspot.com
Apr 19th, 2007 at 8:31 am