Moreover, the state's growth in population after the second world war was producing horrible signs of environmental damage, though drivers and carmakers alike were reluctant to admit that the smog over Los Angeles was the result of automobile emissions.

ECONOMIST: The California dream

IR World trade rules can themselves frequently lead to environmental damage.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Spokeswoman Charlie Sanderson said people were concerned about "visual, environmental and economic damage" to the Unesco World Heritage Site.

BBC: Navitus Bay protest in Swanage

Using a market mechanism to pass on the true cost of fossil fuel usage, including the environmental damage here at home AND in the third world, and the longer term effects of greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change.

FORBES: Looking Beyond The Oil Spill

The Malthusians are right that the world's population is still increasing and can do a lot more environmental damage before it peaks at just over 9 billion in 2050.

ECONOMIST: Demography, growth and the environment

But he said Britain wanted an investigation into the scientific and technological issues over cutting the environmental damage of aviation when it chaired the G8 summits of the world's most industrialised countries next year.

BBC: Students are set to pay up to ?3,000 in fees

Refusing to address climate change may bring unprecedented environmental damage to the health and well-being of people throughout the world.

CNN: Bush Takes a Backseat

If population policy can do little more to alleviate environmental damage, then the human race will have to rely on technology and governance to shift the world's economy towards cleaner growth.

ECONOMIST: Demography, growth and the environment