Sentences with phrase «exploding population growth»

The freeway extension is being built to handle the increase in commuter traffic and the exploding population growth in the foothills of San Bernardino County.

Jacques Cousteau, conservationist (lived 1910 — 1997) «We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises — exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources.

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Perhaps this is not surprising, as in the 1960s, when population growth became an issue of widespread concern, the discussions often had a racist undertone, in which the «well - off» focused on the exploding populations of «underdeveloped nations».

This town is 20 miles north of Austin, and the population is exploding with 15 % growth per year in recent times.