Rain forest destruction problems grow

First, rain forest destruction releases more carbon dioxide than all transportation sources combined. Second, the rate at which we’re losing rain forest has increased from 50 acres a minute to 60. In Africa, almost 1 percent of forest is lost a year.

In Africa, where the rate of loss is worst, it’s small-scale farmers, not the mega-ranches of Brazil or the palm plantations of Indonesia. That points out the need for one thing, beyond environmentalism itself, something where BushCo has non-surprisingly been AWOL:

Promoting birth control internationally.

In the 21st century, out-of-control birth rates are part of why poverty is still such a problem in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as some other parts of the globe.