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Opinion: Earth Day 2010 -- Celebrating 40 Years of Being Wrong

(April 22) -- For the millions of people gearing up for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, there's a lot to celebrate. Forty years after experts in ecology, sociology, demographics and economics predicted the Earth would be uninhabitable in 40 years, we can happily point out that we are still here and we are doing better...

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04/26/12 Revisiting âThe Population Bomb' Source: Truthdig The optimum human population of Earthâthe number that would guarantee everyone access to the necessities of a decent life, according to Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlichâis 1.5 to 2 billion people.
04/12/12 The Real Population Bomb Source: The Wall Street Journal Kicking around Berlin this month is a proposal for a special "demography tax" of 1% of income that would be levied on all German taxpayers over the age of 25.
11/29/11 Population bomb ticking Source: Santa Maria Times - Santa Maria CA Although people no longer talk about a catastrophic population bomb, world population continues to grow.
11/28/11 Iowa's prison population bomb Source: ABC - KTVO 3 - Kirksville MO Iowa's prison population is set to explode in the next decade.
10/09/11 Defusing the population bomb Source: Bangkok Post As the old adage goes, "Time and tide wait for no man."

Background on The Population Bomb

The Population Bomb was a best-selling book written by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich (who was uncredited), in 1968. It warned of the mass starvation of humans in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth.

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