What environmental concerns for the United States are created by continued population growth?

Question

What programs or incentives might be established to encourage containment of the U.S. population?

Answer 1

Lack of water. A lot of western states are already having problems providing enough fresh water.

Answer 2

Not the US population but the rest of the world is just getting started. China will multiply its use of fossil fuel to the point that very soon they will pass us. India is also started this acceleration curve . If we cannot get the rest of the world to start controlling their use of fuels we are so small that it amounts to nothing. Them the Moslem's about 1 billion and a lot of them want to kill u.

Answer 3

global warming

deforestation

overcrowding

pollution (air and water)

extinction of many animal species

Answer 4

Waste disposal.

Deforestation.

Air and Water pollution.