Yeah, those freaking tree-huggers. Next thing you know they will be blaming greenhouse gasses for global warming and the rise in extreme weather events.
I've got a dirty little secret, (shushhh): There is an ugly side to growth. More people/more houses/cars/powerplants/less forest/a need for a constantly growing economy in developed and over-populated areas of the globe, etc...
Start to fight it now. Start w/ population growth. Do not give in the the theory that "nothing can be done, it's inevitible". Bull*****. Work for slow growth or no growth in places that are already ruined w/ nothing but suburban concrete. Junk the SUV.