Stop Pretending Population Doesn't Matter for the Environment

The Washington Post seems to have jumped the shark by running a Wonkblog piece that demands readers, "stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth." The gist of the argument is that plausible changes in population growth will not be sufficient to prevent environmental catastrophe without other changes.

If there were people who thought that slower population growth would be sufficient to prevent global warming, then this piece would be a useful corrective. However i...