Blog – Utah Population & Environment Council

All the people: what happens if humanity’s ranks start to shrink?

Written by UPEC Staff on July 29, 2020.

A recent article in the Lancet medical journal has been getting a lot of press for predicting that the global population will decline sooner than most experts predict — at 9.7 billion in 2064. But a) that’s still way too many people for this roasting planet and b) the authors are more optimistic about improvements in women’s education and access to birth control than many other...

Indonesia’s New Coronavirus Concern: A Post-Pandemic Baby Boom

Written by UPEC Staff on June 25, 2020.

With restrictions in place, millions stopped visiting clinics for contraceptives, says the government, which promotes family planning as part of its fight against child malnutrition… Read the Full Article Here

The pandemic could lead to a ‘baby bust’ of almost half a million fewer births, a major think tank

Written by Gray Griffin on June 23, 2020.

projectsinsider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan) Brookings Institute economists predict that the coronavirus pandemic will lead to what they call a “baby bust” — not a baby boom… Read the Full Article Here

Stephen C. Bannister: Our Faustian bargain with fossil fuels

Written by Gray Griffin on May 25, 2020.

By Stephen C. Bannister | Special to The Tribune · Published: 5 days agoUpdated: 5 days ago Most of us have enjoyed the much cleaner air since the great COVID-19 shutdown-caused economic collapse. Everything damaging that we normally dump into our common airshed is reduced — carbon dioxide that increases climate warming and the pollutant precursors that cause regional haze...

Lessons From the Fight to Save Great Salt Lake

Written by Utah Population & Environmental Council on April 10, 2024.

Three-quarters of Utah’s population lives around Great Salt Lake, one of the fastest-growing areas of thecountry. It’s also an oasis for more than 10 million migratory birds passing through every year. Although Utah is one of the least densely populated states in the U.S., more than 2 million people arecrowded along the Wasatch Front. The Great Salt Lake provides a stark example of the impact...

Speaker Series 2024 - Biodiversity & Human Population by Stephanie Feldstein - May 7

Biodiversity & Human Population – Speaker Series – May 7

Written by UPEC Staff on April 4, 2024.

Tuesday, May 7 @ 7–8 pm MT Stephanie will be discussing the relationship between biodiversity and the human population in Utah and the Western United States. There will be time for Q&A after Stephanie’s presentation. Speaker Stephanie FeldsteinPopulation & Sustainability DirectorCenter for Biological Diversity Virtual Presentation Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84740024336 Printable...

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The world faces many energy-related challenges – pt. 3

Written by Steve Bannister on March 8, 2024.

PART 3: The next important question is how long this transition will take once CMNS energy is available. Once again, to the blackboard. Using historical price and duration data from the EIR discussed above to define our duration algorithm, we can estimate the duration of the CMNS energy revolution using the much greater (starting at 20X) price differentials that will be available. The surprising...

The world faces major energy-related challenges – pt. 2

Written by Steve Bannister on March 7, 2024.

PART 2: Understanding historical energy revolutions will help us in our quest to halt global warming. There are two important questions to ask history about and apply to our current challenge:

The world faces major energy-related challenges – pt. 1

Written by Steve Bannister on February 22, 2024.

PART 1: The first is halting global warming. The second is determining the shape of the next great energy revolution.