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Is the Climate Crisis Caused by the 7 Billion or the 1 Percent?

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PST

As we reach 7 billion people, Climate Progress is featuring a variety of opinions on population.
– by Ian Angus and Simon Butler in a Grist repost

The approach of [7 billion] milestone produced a wave of articles and opinion pieces blaming the world’s environmental crises on overpopulation. In New York’s Times Square, a huge and expensive video declares that “human overpopulation is driving species extinct.” In London’s busiest Underground stations, electronic poster boards warn that 7 billion is ecologically unsustainable.