Oct 16, 2006

U.S. population nearing 300 million

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 21: Commuters exit Penn Station during the morning rush-hour on the second day of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) strike on December 21, 2005 in New York City. The strike is the first in 25 years, which brought the bus and subway system to a halt, and stranded millions of commuters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)As America’s population hits 300 million on Tuesday morning, environmentalists are concerned about America's way of life and its population as consumers of more food, energy and natural resources. Read from MSNBC here