{"id":8851,"date":"2015-05-01T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8851"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:19:59","slug":"everythings-bigger-in-texas-but-population-growth-doesnt-have-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/05\/01\/everythings-bigger-in-texas-but-population-growth-doesnt-have-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything\u2019s Bigger in Texas \u2013 But Population Growth Doesn\u2019t Have to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fairhp_edtx2\"<\/a>FAIR harkened to Earth Day<\/a>\u2019s root when attending the United States largest Earth Day celebration in Dallas, Texas. Population growth was a central focus of the original Earth Day held in 1970. Thirty years later, the founder Gaylord Nelson re-emphasized the importance of this ignore issue:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

FAIR challenged Earth Day 2015 attendees to consider the impact population growth<\/a> has on the environment, from increased resource consumption to development of natural spaces. \u00a0Members of the FAIR team talked to Texans<\/a> about the leading role immigration plays<\/a> in our national population growth and ways to take control of our national destiny, including stopping the inflows of unregulated illegal immigration and reducing legal immigration.<\/p>\n

FAIR launched an environmentally focused website, FAIRImmigrationMatters.com<\/a>, in honor of Earth Day Texas illustrating how immigration-driven population growth will affect Texas. FAIR members are encouraged to visit the site now and in the future when it is updated with national data and impacts.<\/p>\n

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