Population in the News

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Population News Tuesday January 30th 2007

Greater sickle cell funding is sought
(Richmond Times-Dispatch: Tue, 30 Jan) Legislators are asking for additional funds for programs that help people who have sickle cell anemia, a life-threatening inherited blood disorder that can cause crippling pain episodes.

Parkinson's to double worldwide
(EARTHtimes.org: Mon, 29 Jan) A University of Rochester study says the number of Parkinson's disease cases will double over the next generation in the world's largest nations.

Saudi Arabia plans to increase water supply
(Zawya: Sun, 28 Jan) 28 January 2007 Riyadh: The Saudi Arabian Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has drawn up a plan to eliminate water shortages across the country.

Mosquito Population Explosion
(KLFY Lafayette: Tue, 23 Jan) The recent freezing temperatures in Louisiana knocked out most of the mosquito population, but the wet weather has brought them back with a vengeance.

China's 'one-child' policy
(Aljazeera: Tue, 23 Jan) The imbalance has grown since China introduced a one-child policy more than 25 years ago to curb population growth in the world's most populous nation - now with about 1.3 billion citizens.

Get Your Motor Running
(KQED: Capital Notes: Fri, 26 Jan) An interesting new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office gives some real numbers to fuel the frustration most Californians have with traffic jams and other transportation woes. One good example, lifted right out of the first pages of the LAO report: from 1990 to 2003, California's population increased by about 21%... travel on the state's highway system rose by 26%... while

Dewhurst says Texas needs more prisons
(News 8 Austin: Thu, 25 Jan) Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says Texas will need to build prisons holding at least 4,000 new beds. He said the state's population growth demands more prison capacity.

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