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Population-Environment BalanceA. Title of agency or organization? Population-Environment Balance B. Where is home base (city/state/country)? Washington D.C. C. Date founded? 1970’s D. Names of key spokespersons/officers Michael D. Richards, policy coordinator E. What/who is key constituency or audience? Environmentalists, Conservationists, Anti-Immigration supporters F. What are the agency’s main activities? Support legislation for a moratorium on immigration at 100,000 entries per year and sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens. G. Mission statement? “Population-Environment Balance is a grassroots organization committed to stabilizing the U.S. population in order to safeguard the carrying capacity of the U.S.” H. What are the key im/migration issues of concern to this agency? The main concern is that continued population growth in this country will surpass the sustainable carrying capacity of the land. I. As best as you can determine, on what evidence/sources/research/community does this agency base its informational statements issued, press releases, reports, etc.? The web site cites Rope and Gallup Polls from the year 2002 and 2003 respectively . a Harvard professor George Borjas, a book published in 2000 entitled “America’s Forgotten Majority” by Ray Teixeira and Joel Rogers, article “Immigration Moratoium: Effective Path to a Living Wage for Working Americans” by Virginia Abernethy, Vanderbilt Medical School, and data derived from the book “Food, Land, Population, and the U.S. Economy” by Drs. David Pimentel and Marie Giampietro. J. Any publications? (what types, sample titles; if online, give links) The United States
Population and Environment.
January 1998. Population Growth and Environmental Security. April 2002. ($7.00) Why Excess Immigration is Increasingly Threatening Public Health and Quality of Life. October 2002. ($7.00) The Sprawl Problem –
Myths and Solutions.
October 2000. Ethical Choices in a
World of Limits.
January 1998. Why Excess
Immigration Damages the Environment.
July 1997. Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis , by Dr. Albert A. Bartlett. December 1977. ($8.00) The Steady-State Economy: Alternative to Growthmania, by Herman E. Daly.April 1987. ($8.00) Population and Environment: Inseparable Policy Issues, by Lynton Caldwell. March 1985. ($8.00) An Ecolate View of the Human Predicament, by Garret Hardin. October 1984. ($8.00) Thinking Ahead: Foresight in the Political Process, by Lindsey Grant. 1983. ($8.00) The Tragedy of the Commons, by Garret Hardin. May 1982. ($8.00) The Cornucopian Fallacies, by Lindsey Grant. 1982. ($8.00) BALANCE BookstoreAbernethy, Virginia D.
Population Politics. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
2000. ($26.95) Chandler, William; Geller, Howard; Ledbetter, Marc: Energy
Efficiency: A New Agenda. American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy, GW Press: Springfield, VA. Hawkins, William.
Importing Revolution: Open Borders and the Radical Agenda.
Washington DC: American Immigration Control Foundation. 1994.
($7.00) Lamm, Gov. Richard D.
and Gary Imhoff. The Immigration Time Bomb: The Fragmenting of
America. New York: Truman Talley Books. 1985. ($20.00) Meadows, Donella H. and
et al. The Limits to Growth. New York: Universe Books. 1972.
($12.00) March, Louis T.
Immigration and the End of Self-Government. Raleigh:
Representative Government Press. 1999. ($5.95) K. Give at least one citation about this agency from a newspaper article (preferably an Arizona newspaper). Use a citation index to research this e.g., Lexis Nexis, available from the Migration Course Web Page made by the Fletcher Library: http://library.west.asu.edu/subjects/SOC/soc331.html Briefly state what the article is about, and provide a quote from the article that includes the agency’s name and gives a good idea of this agency’s perspective on im/migration. Note: not a quote from agency’s own web site! Arizona Republic, The (Phoenix, AZ) October 22, 2004 PROP. 200 A 'WAKE-UP CALL'? OUT-OF-STATE FOES, BACKERS PREDICT U.S. CHAIN REACTION Author: Amanda J. Crawford, The Arizona Republic Edition: Final Chaser Section: Front Page: A1. This article from 2004 was weighing the costs and benefits of Prop 200 which is aimed at curbing supposed voter and benefit fraud. "It is time to say to Congress it is time to deal with the issue." National money going to Prop. 200 campaigns In opposition Service Employees International Union and its Education and Support Fund: $660,000. AFSCME: $100,000. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education: $50,000. In support Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, and its Congressional Task Force: $332,131. POP.STOP Inc.: $165,766. Americans for Immigration Control: $115,766. Americans for Better Immigration: $65,766. Population-Environment Balance Inc.: $15,000. Contributions reported to and posted online by the Arizona secretary of state as of Thursday.” L. Any other issues of interest about the agency? Not really. This seems to be a rather small organization. M. Is the agency noticeably pro or con immigration? Con N. Web site? www.balance.org |
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