William Ryerson

Carrying Capacity & Impending Doom: Cultural Soap Operas & Fertility Rates (Part 2)

by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone Michael Tobias, an advisory board member for Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) concluded his recent interview with Bill Ryerson, the president of the Population Media Center, (PMC) which is located in Shelburne Falls, Vermont, with a discussion … Continued

Carrying Capacity & Impending Doom: Profiling William Ryerson (Part 1)

by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone Michael Tobias, an advisory board member for Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS), recently interviewed Bill Ryerson, the president of the Population Media Center which is located in Shelburne Falls, Vermont.  Ryerson is also the CEO of the … Continued

William Ryerson Still Perpetuating the “Overpopulation” Myth

by Jesse Sanes As the UN’s 17th international climate summit comes to a close with little in the way of substantive plans to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, the echoes of alarms sounded for a global population reaching 7 billion still … Continued

Immigration

Progressives for Immigration Reform: Blogs of Bigotry

by Nina Masters Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) has published an increasingly prevalent amount of spiteful blogs on its website in recent weeks. PFIR, for those who don’t know, is part of the John Tanton Network, a conglomerate of anti-immigrant … Continued

Immigration

Anti-Immigrant Group Loses President and Legitimacy

It’s official, environmentalist William Ryerson is no longer associated with Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR).  A spin-off of controversial anti-immigrant group Federation for American Immigration Reform, PFIR has struggled to be considered mainstream since its inception.  The group has attempted … Continued

Immigration

Powershift Attendees Challenge Efforts by Anti-Immigrant Groups to Green Bigotry

By Jesse Sanes This weekend youth from around the country are converging in Washington for the 3rd annual Powershift conference. Over the course of the next few days, students, other young people and allies will participate in movement building workshops, … Continued

Immigration

Seven White Men Discuss U.S. Population Stabilization and the Environment

Yesterday, Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) held “The First National Conference on Immigration, Conservation and the Environment” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from 8:30AM until 4:30PM.  The panel included seven white male panelists.   Not one woman and not … Continued

Politics

Population and Fake Progressives

William Ryerson, president of Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), wrote a response to Julia Whitty’s recent article on population in Mother Jones magazine. Whitty’s piece, “Population the last Taboo: What unites the Vatican, lefties, conservatives, environmentalists, and scientists in a … Continued