Jonathon Porritt, one of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leading environmental advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society.
Porritt's call will come at this week's annual conference of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), of which he is patron.
The trust will release research suggesting the U.K. population must be cut to 30 million if the country wants to feed itself sustainably.
[Britain's population is now about 60 million and growing.]
Porritt said: "Population growth, plus economic growth, is putting the world under terrible pressure.
"Each person in Britain has far more impact on the environment than those in developing countries, so cutting our population is one way to reduce that impact."
Population growth is one of the most politically sensitive environmental problems. The issues it raises, including religion, culture and immigration policy, have proved too toxic for most green groups. - Fox News
Well lets see, we here in the USA could cut our population size dramatically by removing all of the illegal persons living here. Then tighten the borders and admit people legally. That would be a big help here not only for the environment, but for safety and economically. I wonder if we can use the environment to push that through congress. It could be called the Going Green Economic Stimulus Program.
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