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Rep. Steve King: Covering Birth Control Is "Orwellian" (video)

2:34 am in Business & Politics, News, population by TreeHugger

steve-king.jpg photo via flickr The planet is speeding toward a population of 10 billion by the end of the century, a fact apparently lost (or maybe embraced?) by some. The right of contraceptive equity has long been fought for in the U.S, and yet many insurance carriers will still cover Viagra but not birth control, which is basic preventative medicine. Rep. Steve King of ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Educations Leads to Lower Fertility and Increased Prosperity

11:18 am in Business & Politics, earth policy, population by TreeHugger

elementary school class photo Photo credit: Official U.S. Navy Imagery/Creative Commons This post was written by Brigid Fitzgerald Reading, staff researcher at the Earth Policy Institute. As the world continues to add close to 80 million people each year, high population growth is running up against the limits of our finite planet, threatening global economic and political stab...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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