Fewer or none: How climate change is fast shaping the size of young families
A visible group of Americans teens, and those in their 20s and 30s, cite climate change as a reason they are hesitating to have children, or choosing not to do so.
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A visible group of Americans teens, and those in their 20s and 30s, cite climate change as a reason they are hesitating to have children, or choosing not to do so.
CHICAGO — Collin Pearsall has friends who have started having children. But he has chosen a different path — due, in large part, to climate change. Pearsall worries about the greenhouse gas emissions a child would add to a planet already experiencing the effects of rising temperatures. And he is concerned about the impact climate change would have on the child: “the feeling of impending doom, ...
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