U.S. population growth must slow down, task-force chairwoman says.(Originated from Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

BOULDER, Colo. _ Professor and writer Judith Jacobsen has been calmly sounding the alarm for years:

The United States is growing too fast, straining its ability to deal with the spinoffs of growth _ pollution, congestion, urban sprawl and the consumption of natural resources like land and water.

Increasing population, she says, is not the path to prosperity.

To some, it is not a popular position.

But to Jacobsen, it is the gospel, and she has been preaching it in classrooms, at conferences and in research papers for more than a decade.

Now, Jacobsen's work has made her a ...

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