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Population of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Continues to Decline: Study

October 24, 2022
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A new study says the population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is continuing its downward trend. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium says its latest estimate stands at 340 animals as of last year—a decline from 348 recorded in 2020. The Boston-based consortium, which includes more than 200 conservation, government and industry organizations,…

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Beijing: The Population of China Starting to Decrease

August 8, 2022
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News Analysis The Chinese regime declared on Aug. 1 that China’s population has begun to decline, and the problems of aging and low birthrate have become worse. This is the first time that Beijing has announced its population is in a phase of negative growth since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949….

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Elon Musk Predicts China’s ‘Population Collapse’

June 6, 2022
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggests that China could soon be facing a “population collapse” in the aftermath of Beijing’s decades-long population control program that until recently had restricted most families in China to a single offspring. “Most people still think China has a one-child policy,” he wrote in a June 6 tweet that was pinned…

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California Reports First Ever Yearly Population Decline

May 7, 2021
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California’s population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state. State officials announced Friday that California’s population dipped 0.46 percent to just under 39.5 million people from January 2020 to January 2021. The news comes one week after the U.S. Census…

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What’s Causing America’s Baby Bust?

March 10, 2021
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Commentary When the COVID-19 pandemic started and lockdowns became part of our daily lives, some romantic souls were predicting that this would produce a baby boom. Now, as the data shows up, we see exactly the opposite. CBS obtained data from health departments in over two dozen states that shows “a 7 percent drop in…

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