We received an unusual volume of letters in response to Sierra’s November/December 2019 edition, which was a special themed issue on gender, population, and the environment. Here they are in full: [NOTE: for SOS purposes here, the beginning of just the first letter is posted here; click the link to read in entirety and others]
An Anti-Environmental Agenda?
Wendy Becktold’s November/December 2019 Sierra “Time to Fix the Population Fixation” article states, “the data on population trends is more nuanced than many environmentalists realize…” There is nothing nuanced about possibly peaking at 10.9 billion people. In fact, there is nothing nuanced about the current 7.7 billion, which is already far too many for this planet to accommodate with any reasonable trade-offs between environmental preservation and quality of life. To view the full article visit Sierra Club.