Received: from rivendell.vsta.com (rivendell.vsta.com [204.57.96.15]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id LAA18268 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:18:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from eglaze.vsta.com (eglazeADSL.vsta.com [204.57.96.81]) by rivendell.vsta.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id MAA26305 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:20:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Ed Glaze III" To: "PPN Listserv" Subject: News articles and introduction Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:24:16 -0600 Message-ID: <01be0a7b$d3d29100$516039cc@eglaze.vsta.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 This nation and this planet, by the numbers GOOD POP ARTICLE -- print from this URL Bookmark this URL ABC US news stories ANALYSIS: Religious right tries to bounce back Enraged greens say climate talks have sold out Environmentalists at the U.N. climate talks in Buenos Aires on Friday accused industrialized nations of putting their own economic well-being above the need to curb global warming for the good of all mankind. EcoWars: A matter of values The environment has become a battle ground in a war of values. Some recent clashes indicate the battle is escalating. CNN Quick Vote question Do you think civil disobedience is an acceptable way to protest environmental issues? As of 12:45 am EST the tally was 59 percent saying yes! New Chinese Law Loosens Rules for Domestic Adoption SHANGHAI--China, the land that has become the United States' biggest source of adopted babies, has changed its law to encourage more of its own people to adopt orphaned and abandoned children. Italy intercepts ship carrying more than 300 immigrants It was too early to say where the immigrants came from but Italy's shores are a constant magnet for desperate people from Albania, Africa Turkey, Iraq and Sri Lanka hoping for a better life in Europe. Geologist Explores Faith-Science 'Dialogue' Religion: As the battle over evolution vs. creationism continues, more scientists and theologians are looking at what both fields have to offer. ----------------- Sprawl, voting on urban growth initiatives and the Sierra Club were all discussed Friday on All Things Considered. There were several mentions of Sierra Club and the sprawl program, opinions from builders, professors, and others. Overall some very positive media support for the sprawl issue. They closed with a statement something like, "They will have to build a million houses a year for the next decade just to keep up with population growth." NPR ALL THINGS CONSIDERED Listen to the latest show -- get the Friday show on Saturday NPR Programs ------------------ Every letter to the editor in today's Sacramento Bee addresses sprawl. If ANYONE still has access and wants to post it: Searching for limits to growth -- 27 Oct See also the Kozmology cartoon "Bores Celebre" at: ------------- Introduction follows if you are interested. I am a new subscriber to this PPN listserv but some of you might be familiar with me from the other pop listservs, KZPG, Audubon, and Sierra Club. I mentioned the PPN listserv on the other lists so there may be an increase in new subscribers. I am a pop activist for Audubon, Sierra Club, and ZPG along with many memberships and subscriptions to other population groups. I am also a newsletter editor and population chair for my local SC group. My view on overpopulation is that we need is a very sizable planned reduction in population before nature does it for us. I am almost 44, a native Texan living in the small fishing village of Port Mansfield, which is 50 miles north of Brownsville, and am working as a real estate broker in the family business. I divorced in '81 when my ex decided she might want kids. I practice what I preach and we went our separate ways. One great things about Port is that we have digital subscriber lines for fast internet connection (700k), though it costs $60/mo. I do lots of web browsing and like to pass on pop-related articles and websites to the listservs, especially on the weekends when so few other people are posting. I have lived in Houston, Dallas, and several other Texas cities but for now am enjoying small-town life. I've put in about 10 years of college with degrees in business management and journalism, along with lots of computers and some graduate environmental science. I believe in a generalist education and living a simple lifestyle -- shorts, t-shirt, and bare feet -- which you can't do when you get an MBA of doctorate. ________ Ed Glaze Port Mansfield, TX "If they don't understand the severity of the problem, they won't understand the severity of the solution. Overpopulation must be dealt with." ________ Ed Glaze "If they don't understand the severity of the problem, they won't understand the severity of the solution. Overpopulation must be dealt with."