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Growing global population: burden or boon to the environment?

The following is an excerpt from Population Bombed! Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change, short-listed along with four other books for this year’s Donner Prize, the best public policy book of the year by a Canadian. The winner will be announced on May 1 in Toronto.

Opinion
BY JOANNA SZURMAK, PIERRE DESROCHERS
April 17, 2019

Opinion | BY JOANNA SZURMAK, PIERRE DESROCHERS | April 17, 2019

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