The National Environmental Policy Act is America's bedrock environmental law. It recognizes that unsustainable population growth is a key factor in almost all the environmental problems we face.

In the 40 years since it was passed, though, the U.S. government has failed to address the population issues the law raises. Today, population pressures are greater than ever -- and directly linked to biodiversity loss and species extinction -- but the federal government is still doing little to address this critical problem.

(This is an old posted, posted on 8/16/10. Last time I checked, the world population was about 7 billion~)