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As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges
Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging ...
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Scientists Say We Have One Decade Left To Avoid Social And Environmental Collapse
Our current economic model is headed toward social collapse by 2100, with declining well-being despite economic growth, ...
How war, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is ...
As NY’s fisher population grows, state proposes to expand trapping season
Working with researchers at Cornell University and State University of New York Environmental Science and Forestry, DEC ...
Cities at climate crossroads: Researchers investigate growth and degrowth approaches
Can cities continue to grow without destroying Earth? A new paper from ICTA-UAB, Spain, offers insight into this complex ...
California Wants To Build More Homes—It Rolled Back a Landmark Environmental Law To Do So
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a major housing bill to speed construction by easing environmental rules. The state is notorious for ...
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Financing Africa’s Energy Transition: Renewables, infrastructure, and path beyond fossil fuels
With abundant renewable resources, from solar and wind to hydropower, Africa holds some of the world’s greatest opportunities ...
The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up
Before 2021, the typically temperate Pacific Northwest and western Canada seemed highly unlikely to get a killer heat wave, ...
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Council and Parliament strike a deal to make detergents safer for the population and the environment
Today’s deal on detergents is a win for health, environment, and the single market. By boosting biodegradability, enabling the reduction of harmful substances and improving information on the label, ...
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Should Americans have fewer babies to save the environment?
Our other green lifestyle choices can’t even begin to offset the cost of adding a brand-new CO 2 -emitter to the population. When I ran my own numbers through Al Gore’s carbon calculator, I ...
California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...
War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
Similarly, ecosystems of cities are shaped by local cultural practices. Because all wildlife are connected to the environment, cultural practices that alter the landscape shape the evolution of urban ...