Pop X: A Newsletter on UNSUSTAINABLE Human Population Growth and the Extinction Crisis
The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a monthly e-publication called Pop X that examines the connection between unsustainable human population, overconsumption and the extinction of plants and animals around the world.
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No. 165, August 17, 2024 – In Debt to the Planet
No. 164, July 20, 2024 – Changing the Population Conversation
No. 163, June 22, 2024 – Debunking the Birthrate Bomb
No. 162, May 18, 2024 – Biodiversity Boosts Mental Health
No. 161, April 20, 2024 – Earth Day for Sale
No. 160, March 16, 2024 – The 'Age of Humans'
No. 159, February 17, 2024 – We Heart National Condom Week
No. 158, January 20, 2024 – Climate-Killing Foods Can't Be Ignored
No. 157, December 16, 2023 – A Missed Opportunity to Tackle Food Emissions
No. 156, November 18, 2023 – Ultra-Processed Problems
No. 155, October 21, 2023 – Extinction Is Scary
No. 154, September 25, 2023 – 75,000 People March to End Fossil Fuels
No. 153, August 19, 2023 – Overshooting Earth's Resources
No. 152, July 15, 2023 – Climate Vulnerability and Resilience
No. 151, June 24, 2023 – The Fight for Reproductive Rights Continues
No. 150, May 27, 2023 – 50 Years Later
No. 149, April 20, 2023 – A Material World
No. 148, March 16, 2023 – The Growing Child-Free Movement
No. 147, Feb. 16, 2023 – The Extinction Crisis at Home
No. 146, Jan. 26, 2023 – The Lost Mountain Lion of Los Angeles
No. 145, Dec. 15, 2022 – A Paris Agreement for Nature
No. 144, Nov. 17, 2022 – A Planet of 8 Billion
No. 143, Oct. 20, 2022 – Fighting Hunger by Fighting Climate Change
No. 142, Sept. 15, 2022 – Vasectomies on the Rise
No. 141, Aug. 18, 2022 – Heatflation and the Cost of Food
No. 140, July 28, 2022 – On the Edge of 8 Billion
No. 139, June 16, 2022 – Drought's Hidden Danger
No. 138, May 19, 2022 – The Importance of Sustainable Diets
No. 137, April 22, 2022 – Gender and the Climate Crisis
No. 136, March 25, 2022 – Grazing the Wild
No. 135, February 17, 2022 – The Sex Education Gap
No. 134, January 21, 2022 – The Pope's Parenthood Problem
No. 133, December 17, 2021 – McDonald’s Methane Problem
No. 132, November 19, 2021 – Why Wool Isn't Green
No. 131, October 15, 2021 – Goodbye, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
No. 130, September 18, 2021 – Eating for a Small Planet
No. 129, August 27, 2021 – Floods and Droughts
No. 128, July 16, 2021 – Under the Heat Dome
No. 127, June 17, 2021 – The Population Conversation Gap
No. 126, May 21, 2021 – Family Planning in Uncertain Times
No. 125, April 16, 2021 – What Meat Means
No. 124, March 19, 2021 – The 'Crisis' That Isn't
No. 123, February 19, 2021 – Take Extinction Off Your Plate
No. 122, January 16, 2021 – How We Build Back Better
No. 121, December 18, 2020 – Hope Within Hardship
No. 120, November 20, 2020 – What Comes Next
No. 119, October 23, 2020 – Condoms and Conservation
No. 118, September 18, 2020 – Wildfires, Floods and the New 'Not Normal'
No. 117, August 21, 2020 – Crowded Planet
No. 116, July 16, 2020 – Contraception in Crisis
No. 115, June 26, 2020 – The Conversations We Need to Have
No. 114, May 22, 2020 – Too Hot for Humans
No. 113, April 16, 2020 – Our Vision for a Greener, Safer, Fairer Food System
No. 112, March 26, 2020 – COVID-19, Cows and Utility Shutoffs
No. 111, February 28, 2020 – Faith, Food and Saving Life on Earth
No. 110, January 17, 2020 – Hope for the New Year and a Call to Action
No. 109, December 20, 2019 – Meat Reduction Gets a Place at the Table
No. 108, November 22, 2019 – A Warning From 11,000 Scientists
No. 107, October 18, 2019 – How to 'Sell' Social Change
No. 106, September 21, 2019 – Millions Stand With Kids for the Future
No. 105, August 17, 2019 – Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Our Food System
No. 104, July 27, 2019 – The Double-edged Power of the Human Voice
No. 103, June 22, 2019 – The Climate Crisis Blame Game
No. 102, May 18, 2019 – 1 Million Species Are Counting On Us to Get This Right
No. 101, April 26, 2019 – Walruses, Deserts and Impossible Burgers
No. 100, March 15, 2019 – Family Planning in the Era of Climate Change
No. 99, February 16, 2019 – Get Hitched Without Killing the Planet
No. 98, January 18, 2019 – What the Shutdown Means for Wildlife, Wild Places
No. 97, December 20, 2018 – Turning the Tide in 2019
No. 96, November 16, 2018 – Reasons for Hope After the Election
No. 95, October 19, 2018 – The Scary Truth About Climate Change
No. 94, September 21, 2018 – Food for Thought This Fall
No. 93, August 17, 2018 – Heatwaves and Hurricanes
No. 92, July 20, 2018 – Earth Overshoot Day
No. 91, June 22, 2018 – Power to the People
No. 90, May 18, 2018 – From the Ballot Box to the Bedroom
No. 89, April 20, 2018 – This Earth Day: Buy Less, Have Safe Sex
No. 88, March 17, 2018 – Women, Power and the Future of the Planet
No. 87, February 16, 2018 – Trump and the Fight to Save Our Oceans
No. 86, January 19, 2018 – New Year, New Resolve
No. 85, December 15, 2017 – The 12 Days of Family Planning
No. 84, November 25, 2017 – The Season of Waste
No. 83, October 21, 2017 – A Day for Love, Loss and the Wild
No. 82, September 16, 2017 – Climate Change Close to Home
No. 81, August 18, 2017 – #BetterThanEd: Help Us Keep the Conversation Going
No. 80, July 28, 2017 – Endangered Species Condoms for Every Senator
No. 79, June 23, 2017 – Beyond Paris
No. 78, May 19, 2017 – Sustainability on the Chopping Block
No. 77, April 21, 2017 – Bringing the Resistance to Earth Day
No. 76, March 17, 2017 – Will the Pope Help Tackle Population Growth?
No. 75, Feb. 24, 2017 – The Resistance Marches On
No. 74, Jan. 27, 2017 – Reproductive Freedom, Population Growth and #WhyWeMarch
No. 73, Dec. 16, 2016 – #Earth2Trump: The Road to Inauguration
No. 72, Nov. 18, 2016 – The Fight Ahead
No. 71, Oct. 28, 2016 – Vote for the Environment: Tuesday, Nov. 8
No. 70, Sept. 24, 2016 – We Stand With the Standing Rock Sioux
No. 69, Aug. 19, 2016 – Equal Access to the Sun
No. 68, July 22, 2016 – Are We Pushing Biodiversity Off the Planet?
No. 67, June 24, 2016 – Before You Fire Up the Grill...A Look at the Numbers
No. 66, May 21, 2016 – "Extinction Facts" Labels Reveal Hidden Cost of Meat Consumption
No. 65, April 16, 2016 – Public Lands for All
No. 64, March 18, 2016 – The Solar Revolution
No. 63, February 20, 2016 – Help Wildlife Find Love, Too
No. 62, January 15, 2016 – Resolutions for Wildlife
No. 61, December 19, 2015 – What Didn't Happen in Paris
No. 60, November 20, 2015 – Bacongate and Bottled Water
No. 59, October 23, 2015 – Did You Get Whacked for Wildlife?
No. 58, September 19, 2015 – The End of the Faux Population vs. Consumption Debate
No. 57, August 22, 2015 – Why We Need the Lorax More Than Ever
No. 56, July 17, 2015 – A Tale of Two Droughts
No. 55, June 19, 2015 – Who Are Your Wild Neighbors?
No. 54, May 15, 2015 – The Disappearance of Herbivores
No. 53, April 17, 2015 – Are Showers and Ice Cubes Driving the Drought?
No. 52, March 21, 2015 – Can IUD Earrings Save the World?
No. 51, February 20, 2015 – Greening the Food Pyramid
No. 50, January 23, 2015 – Breaking the Taboo
No. 49, December 19, 2014 – The Next Gen of Population Activists
No. 48, November 21, 2014 – Don't Hit Snooze on Population Wake-up Call
No. 47, October 17, 2014 – Fear Extinction, the Ghost of Halloween Future
No. 46, September 19, 2014 – A Future Without Fireflies?
No. 45, August 15, 2014 – Steep Price for Florida's Newest Walmart
No. 44, July 18, 2014 – What Does Hobby Lobby Have to Do With Wildlife?
No. 43, June 20, 2014 – What's Driving Wildlife Extinctions?
No. 42, May 16, 2014 – Supersizing Climate Change
No. 41, April 18, 2014 – Earth Day 1970 -- Back to Basics
No. 40, March 21, 2014 – Take a Bite Out of Extinction
No. 39, February 21, 2014 – Condoms Go Wild on Valentine's Day
No. 38, January 17, 2014 – Polar Vortexes, Meat Taxes and Tuna Auctions
No. 37, December 20, 2013 – Five Ways to Save the World
No. 36, November 15, 2013 – Lost Frogs and Carbon Hoofprints
No. 35, October 18, 2013 – Talking With Alan Weisman -- Watch Video
No. 34, September 13, 2013 – A Stinkbug a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
No. 33, July 26, 2013 – Interview Issue 1
No. 32, June 21, 2013 – 11 Billion and Bust
No. 31, May 18, 2013 – Is Modern Life a Drag?
No. 30, April 24, 2013 – 15,000 Condoms for Earth Day
No. 29, March 15, 2013 – Special Population Polling Edition
No. 28, February 15, 2013 – Grousing About Human Population Growth
No. 27, January 18, 2013 – 36 Million Forest Acres to Be Paved by 2050
No. 26, December 14, 2012 – Springs and Rivers, Corals and Condoms
No. 25, November 23, 2012 – Sunshine State of Mind
No. 24, October 19, 2012 – 463,000 Square Miles of New Cities
No. 23, September 21, 2012 – Eat Your Veggies, Save the World
No. 22, August 24, 2012 – The Biggest Gamble in Vegas
No. 21, July 20, 2012 – Runaway Growth in Texas
No. 20, June 22, 2012 – World's Scientists Unite, Tell Leaders to Stop Overpop
No. 19, May 25, 2012 – Talking "Birds and Bees" to Thousands of People
No. 18, April 20, 2012 – Take Action on Earth Day
No. 17, March 16, 2012 – Earth Day Condoms -- Get Yours Now
No. 16, February 17, 2012 – What If We All Used Less?
No. 15, January 20, 2012 – The Right Call for Species
No. 14, December 16, 2011 – Panthers on the Brink
No. 13, November 25, 2011 – 7 Billion, What Now?
No. 12, October 14, 2011 – 7.5 billion Benchmark Inspires Thousands to Act
No. 11, September 16, 2011 – 7.5 billion and Counting -- on You
No. 10, August 19, 2011 – Expecting the 7 Billionth Baby
No. 9, July 15, 2011 – A Splash in the Big Apple
No. 8, June 24, 2011 – Speak Out on World Population Day
No. 7, May 13, 2011 – 10 Billion By 2100
No. 6, April 15, 2011 – Reef Madness
No. 5, March 18, 2011 – Overpopulation Down Under
No. 4, February 18, 2011 – Speak Out and Speak Up
No. 3, January 14, 2011 – In 2011, More Condoms, and Speak Out on 7 Billion
No. 2, December 17, 2010 – Media Spotlight on Overpopulation, Southwest Water Crisis Looms
No. 1, November 19, 2010 – POP X: The Center's New Overpopulation and Extinction Crisis Newsletter