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OGDEN, Utah – The environmental agenda does not stop in a pandemic. On the contrary, it becomes even more pressing. Today the World Environmental Education Day is celebrated and, from this afternoon until Friday, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation, in charge of Juan Cabandié, organized such that it contemplates a series of virtual activities that invite reflection on topics such as composting, sustainable use of biodiversity with a gender perspective, fire management, climate change and conservation. All talks are open to the public and can be followed at YouTube channel live streams from the portfolio. Today from…

OGDEN, Utah – You may have heard people say, “we wouldn’t be in a climate crisis if we had fewer people on Earth.”  The overpopulation narrative is an outdated frame that was popularized in the 1960s. It serves to redirect the blame for societal problems to those with the least power to address them. The justification goes like this: “our global population is increasing to a point that the environment simply cannot support, and overpopulation is the main cause of resource depletion and climate chaos, therefore we need solutions like ‘population control’—reducing the number of people to curb climate change.” While 100 companies are…