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Forest Fires; Coral reef formation
Hurricanes, tornadoes, mosquitos
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Eradicate smallpox; flood control;
nestboxes, delta waterfowl
Global warming; acid rain, erosion
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Economics: Is the Change Harmful or Helpful?
FOX NEWS: Starving Polar
Bears Turn to Cannibalism
WASHINGTON POST:
Severe Hurricanes Increasing
Popular Environmental Perceptions
GUARDIAN: Melting glaciers start countdown to climate chaos
Popular Environmental Perceptions
LiveSCIENCE: World May Run Out of Copper
Life After the Oil Crash
Popular Environmental Perceptions
TELEGRAPH: Water Crisis to Be Biggest World Risk
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: Is Your
Tapwater Safe?
Popular Environmental Perceptions
NEW YORK TIMES: Acid rain – NEW YORK TIMES: Acid rain – Stealthy Destruction from the Stealthy Destruction from the SkySky
GULF NEWS: Alarm Over GULF NEWS: Alarm Over Ozone Layer DepletionOzone Layer Depletion
Popular Environmental Perceptions
HIGH COUNTRY NEWSHIGH COUNTRY NEWS (10/10/88): (10/10/88):
““Economics, and Economists, are traditional enemies of the Economics, and Economists, are traditional enemies of the environment”environment”
UNITED STATES OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET:UNITED STATES OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET:
When OMB sought to assess benefits and costs of When OMB sought to assess benefits and costs of environmental regulations against other national interests, environmental regulations against other national interests, Congressmen and environmental activists worked to remove Congressmen and environmental activists worked to remove OMB economists from the environmental decision-making OMB economists from the environmental decision-making process.process.
Early-Malthusianism
ANCIENT ASSYRIANSANCIENT ASSYRIANS (apx. 2800 BC): (apx. 2800 BC):
““Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching ”
Malthusianism
REVEREND THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUSREVEREND THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (1766-1834): (1766-1834):
““Population grows exponentially, overwhelming productivity growth”
“famine, death, pestilence, war””
Result
Neo-MalthusianismGeorge WaldGeorge Wald, Harvard Biologist and Nobel Laureate (1970):, Harvard Biologist and Nobel Laureate (1970): “ “Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind”mankind”
Barry CommonerBarry Commoner (biologist, 1980 Presidential Candidate) (biologist, 1980 Presidential Candidate) ““We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation”of human habitation”
Global 2000Global 2000 (commissioned by President Carter in 1980):(commissioned by President Carter in 1980):““If present trends continue … the world in 2000 will be If present trends continue … the world in 2000 will be more crowded, more polluted, less stable ecologically, and more crowded, more polluted, less stable ecologically, and more vulnerable to disruption than the world we live in more vulnerable to disruption than the world we live in now. Serious stresses involving population, resources, and now. Serious stresses involving population, resources, and environmental are clearly visible ahead.”environmental are clearly visible ahead.”
The Crises in 2008Scarcity of water and agricultural landsScarcity of water and agricultural lands
Peak OilPeak Oil
Collapsing FisheriesCollapsing Fisheries
Shrinking ForestsShrinking Forests
Loss of BiodiversityLoss of Biodiversity
Climate ChangeClimate Change
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