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In 1968, a Stanford biologist named Paul Ehrlich published the bestselling book The Population Bomb and co-founded the organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection), arguing that the growth in global population would lead to famines and ecological crisis, what is called a {{Wikipedia|Malthusian trap}}. He also suggested that people have no more than two children. | In 1968, a Stanford biologist named Paul Ehrlich published the bestselling book The Population Bomb and co-founded the organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection), arguing that the growth in global population would lead to famines and ecological crisis, what is called a {{Wikipedia|Malthusian trap}}. He also suggested that people have no more than two children. | ||
Between 1978 and 1995, [[ | Between 1978 and 1995, [[Ted Kaczynski]], a young assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley, also known as Unabomber, killed and injured various of his colleges with mail bombs, driven by the conviction that everybody should be adopting his Green anarchism. | ||
In the 1990s, at least one public environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation, bordering on radical [[volcel]]dom. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | In the 1990s, at least one public environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation, bordering on radical [[volcel]]dom. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Until the 1990s, environmentalism was mainly a bipartisan concern. Republicans Richard Nixon (EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.)<ref>https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2010/06/providing-americans-clean-air-and-water/</ref> and Theodore Roosevelt (U.S Forest Service, etc.) passed the most comprehensive environmental bills of our time with broad bipartisan congressional support. Other notable conservatives who spoke in favor of environmentalism include Margret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William Ruckelshaus, Patrick Moore (Greenpeace co-founder), Gifford Pinchot, Russell Train, and Sherwood Boehlert.<ref>https://www.acc.eco/blog/2018/10/11/the-top-eleven-american-conservative-leaders-who-embraced-environmentalism</ref> | Until the 1990s, environmentalism was mainly a bipartisan concern. Republicans Richard Nixon (EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.)<ref>https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2010/06/providing-americans-clean-air-and-water/</ref> and Theodore Roosevelt (U.S Forest Service, etc.) passed the most comprehensive environmental bills of our time with broad bipartisan congressional support. Other notable conservatives who spoke in favor of environmentalism include Margret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William Ruckelshaus, Patrick Moore (Greenpeace co-founder), Gifford Pinchot, Russell Train, and Sherwood Boehlert.<ref>https://www.acc.eco/blog/2018/10/11/the-top-eleven-american-conservative-leaders-who-embraced-environmentalism</ref> | ||