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Environmentalists push to confront population growth at Rio conference

Environmentalists push to confront population growth at Rio conference

by Jaclyn Skurie | Feb 22, 2012 | Environment

WASHINGTON — While birth control stirs up election-year conversation in the U.S., environmental activists are also talking about contraception. But for a different reason — to tackle overpopulation at the impending United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development....

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