Dear HCN,
After years of
subscribing to HCN, I have decided to drop my subscription and will
instead give to population groups. The United States is the third
most populous nation behind China and India and 13th
fastest-growing nation on Earth. The West is growing as fast as the
fastest-growing areas in the world. Yet, month after month you
report on problems such as endangered species and urban sprawl, and
ignore the population dynamics behind those
problems.
I am tired of encountering
environmentalists who wrongly believe that the U.S. “has its
population problem under control” or that growth in the West is
solely the product of population shifts. I cannot spend the rest of
my life fighting environmental battles that will be lost with the
next new wave of people. I must put my money where it counts the
most. Sadly, that no longer includes
HCN.
Kathleene
Parker
Los Alamos, New
Mexico
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline HCN doesn’t cover the real issue.
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