Environmental Science 14th Edition by Tyler Miller ,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 23

Experts have identified population growth as one of the major causes of the environmental problems we face (Figure 1-10, p. 16). The population of United States is growing faster than that of any of the world's other more-developed countries as well as that of China. However, this problem is rarely mentioned, and the U.S. government has no official policy to slow U.S. population growth. Why do think this is so Do you agree with this approach If not, list three things you would do to slow U.S. population growth.