Earth Day Founder Advocated That U.S. Dramatically Cut Immigration and Stabilize Its Population
We make eight key points about Earth Day, 2013 :
(1) Earth Day was founded by the late Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Nelson was a U.S. Democratic Senator and Wisconsin Governor.
(2) A giant among environmentalists, Nelson advocated that in order for the U.S. to protect its environment, it had to dramatically cut legal immigration, enforce its laws to stop illegal immigration, and stabilize the U.S. population.
(3) He was the author of the U.S. Wilderness Act, numerous other environmental bills, and an inspiration for many more. He was a forceful leader in attempting to convince environmental organizations that they could never achieve their long-term goals unless the US achieved population stabilization through immigration reduction.
(4) On Earth Day’s 30th anniversary in 2000, Nelson said : “Population, global warming and sustainability would be my suggestions for the three most urgent environmental challenges…. Stabilizing U.S. population is a challenge that could be resolved in a relatively short period resulting in significant economic and environmental benefits. At the current rate of population growth, the population of the US will (rise)… to some 530 million within the next 65 to 70 years. If that happens, the negative consequences will be substantial if not, indeed, disastrous. To stabilize our population would require a dramatic reduction in our immigration rate….
(5) “The hard fact is that while the population is booming here and round the world, the resource base that sustains the economy is rapidly dwindling. It is not just a problem in faraway lands, it is an urgent, indeed, a critical problem here at home right now. We are talking about deforestation, aquifer depletion, air pollution, water pollution, and depletion of fisheries, urbanization of farmland, soil erosion and much more…
(6) “The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become…. We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the US supporting it, took the position in Cairo in 1994 that every country was responsible for stabilizing its own population. It can be done. But in this country, it’s phony to say ‘I’m for the environment but not for limiting immigration.’ “
(7) To those economists whose only concern is maximizing GDP, thereby disregarding environmental concerns, Nelson would thunder that, “These people refuse to recognize that the economy is the wholly owned subsidiary of the environment.” If the environment collapses, so will the economy which depends on it.
(8) Gaylord Nelson’s name is largely ignored and his message has been downplayed and betrayed by most environmental organizations, our media and our governments. To many of these people, environmentalism has been trivialized to recycling toilet paper rolls while the roof of the world falls on their heads.
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FURTHER REFERENCES:
http://www.susps.org/index.html (The whole story on the Sierra Club)
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1631 (The Royal Bank and Nature Conservancy)
http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2009/04/18/earth-day-founder-betrayed-and-his-objectives-abandoned/
(April 18, 2009 : Earth Day Founder Betrayed and His Objectives Abandoned)
http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2008/04/14/earth-day-co-founder-david-brower-thought-immigration-had-to-be-curbed-and-population-stabilized/
(April 14, 2008 : Earth Day Co-Founder David Brower Thought Immigration Had to Be Curbed and Population Stabilized)
http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2006/05/17/the-litmus-test-for-all-environmental-organizations/
(May 17, 2006: The Litmus Test For All Environmental Organizations)
http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2005/07/12/recently-deceased-u-s-democratic-senator-gaylord-nelson-a-model-for-all-those-seriously-interested-in-environmental-causes/
(July 12, 2005: Recently-Deceased U.S. Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson: A Model For All Those Seriously Interested In Environmental Causes)
