Page 24 - Paul Ehrlich News Today

In the late 60s, social and political storms turned Cubberley High School into a crucible of activism. This weekend, as the Class of ’71 gathers for a delayed 50th reunion, I’m thinking about how extraordinary Cubberley was.

 

Recent research takes a much more sceptical view on the movement.

Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.

Geneticist MS Swaminathan who led Indias push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fertilisers as the need of the hour, passed away at his residence in Chennai at 11.15am Thursday. He was 98.

India News: Geneticist MS Swaminathan who led India’s push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fertilisers as

Americans' preference for larger families — having three or more children — has reached its highest percentage since 1971, a new Gallup survey found.

With entire groups of species going extinct, scientists say that we’re “putting a big dent in the evolution of life on the planet.”

In a video interview this week, White House Office of Science and Technology Director John P. Holdren told CNSNews.com that he would use the "free market economy" to implement the "massive campaign" he advocated along with Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich to "de-develop the United States."In his role as President Barack Obama's top science and technology adviser, Holdren deals with issues ranging from global warming to health care."A massive camp...

We are "mutilating" the tree of life and this has implications for human society