TITLE

Moving on

AUTHOR(S)
Pope, Carl
PUB. DATE
July 1998
SOURCE
Sierra;Jul/Aug98, Vol. 83 Issue 4, p14
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on members of the Sierra Club views on the immigration debate taking place within the United States in 1998. Club's opposition to restricted immigration; Belief that restricted immigration will not stop the environmental problems; Description of the environmental problem as global rather than national; Information on measures that the US could take to ease the effects of population on the environment.
ACCESSION #
758335

Tags: EMIGRATION & immigration -- Environmental aspects;  SIERRA Club

 

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