LOS ANGELES -- Ever since the Industrial Revolution brought belching smokestacks, greenhouse gases and human population have climbed in lockstep to ever-higher levels.
And while scientists warn that humanity must dramatically slash future carbon-dioxide emissions to avert extended droughts, floods and other climate catastrophes, they have generally avoided a rigorous examination of how slowing population growth would help .............. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/11/3096486/fewer-people-fewer-emissions-study.html#ixzz129vjGn9r