A critique suggesting that Commoner (see SE 506 053) has denigrated the role of population growth in producing the present environmental dilemma, and has instead incorrectly implicated technology as the sole source of the environmental problems faced by the United States. (AL)

Identifies three components of the global energy dilemma and advocates a redistribution of growth in energy use from rich to poor countries. Outlines steps that must be taken to accomplish this redistribution including population control and improvement of energy technologies. (GS)

The goals of the Caltech Population Program are to increase understanding of the interrelationships between population growth and socioeconomic and cultural patterns throughout the world and to communicate this understanding. This series of occasional papers is one step in the process of communicating research results. The papers deal primarily…

Discusses the interrelated crises in population growth, natural resources, and environmental quality. Major problems include population control, redirection of technology, closed resource cycles, equitable opportunity distribution and prosperity. Population growth is regarded as causing a disportionate world-wide negative environmental impact.…