Fewer Children… Because of “Climate Anxiety”?
October 13, 2021
…Perhaps, we should apply that historical knowledge to today’s crises. What if the kids and their carbon outputs aren’t the problem to be solved, but instead the very ones to solve whatever climate change problems we face?…
In a recent article in The Atlantic, Emma Green writes that “a third or more of Americans younger than 45 either don’t have children or expect to have fewer [children].” This is, of course, not really new news. Birth rates have been falling for years, for various reasons. What’s notable in Green’s article is the somewhat new reason younger Americans claim they are choosing childlessness: because they are “worried about climate change.”
By Laura Echevarria, Director of Communications and Press Secretary With school just getting back into session in Northern Virginia, it reminds me of what happened once when I was driving home after picking up my son from school. I noticed the car next to ours had a purple and white “pro-choice” bumper sticker on the driver’s …
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