On Aug 13, 6:17=A0am, "America First" <freedo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Good luck trying to get the liberal, leftist "environmental" movement to
> wake up to the inconvenient truth of runaway population growth fueled by
> illegal immigration. Another inconvenient truth is that these people
don'=
t
> really care about the environment as much as their twisted political
> philosophy.
>
> http://www.borderfirere****t.net/latest/ads-ask-environmentalists-to-c...
> =A0 =A0 =A0 Ads Ask Environmentalists To Consider Immigration Driven
Popu=
lation
> Growth
> =A0 =A0 =A0 The Primary Factor Driving Future U.S. Population Growth Is
> Immigration
> =A0 =A0 =A0 August 12, 2008 - SANTA BARBARA, CA. - Californians for
Popul=
ation
> Stabilization (CAPS) has launched a radio campaign in California linking
> population growth to environmental degradation. The ads make the point
th=
at
> immigration is the number one factor driving California and U.S.
populati=
on
> growth. The radio spots are running in areas with high concentrations of
> environmentally sensitive Californians.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, mass immigration is the
=
number
> one factor driving population growth in California and America today.
The
> Pew Hispanic Research Center projects that 82% of all population growth
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n
> the U.S. between 2005 and 2050 will be a result of immigration and
births=
to
> immigrants. "In the last decade these factors have accounted for nearly
1=
00%
> of California's population growth," according to Diana Hull, President
of
> CAPS.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 Hull commented, "If we want to start healing our
environment,=
we've
> got to slow population growth. More people mean more cars, more sprawl,
> higher energy demands, more air pollution, more demand for water and
more
> paved-over farmland." Hull continued, "With America's population growing
=
at
> its current rate, every time we make an environmental gain, our
populatio=
n
> increases and the gains are erased. Reducing immigration is the key to
> slowing future population growth and recapturing the momentum in the
batt=
le
> to save California's natural treasures. It's time for California to lead
=
the
> rest of the country on this issue."
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 The radio ad identifies the real "inconvenient truth" as the
=
fact that
> population growth and environmental degradation are related, "people
driv=
e
> cars, create sprawl, destroy forests and pollute." The ad goes on to
> illustrate the correlation between California's population growth and
ene=
rgy
> consumption over the last 30 years and concludes by acknowledging that
> rolling back mass immigration is tough for "compassionate Californians"
t=
o
> swallow. "But there are times" Hull stated "when hard choices must be
mad=
e
> for the greater good."
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 For more information about CAPS, visitwww.CAPSweb.org.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 To listen to the radio ad, click here.
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