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Children are expensive – not just for parents, but the environment – so how many is too many?

  • Written by Trevor Hedberg, Assistant Professor of Practice, W.A. Franke Honors College / Philosophy Department, University of Arizona
imageProtecting the planet for future children might mean having fewer children.Halfpoint/iStock via Getty Images Plus

People born in the future stand to inherit a planet in the midst of a global ecological crisis. Natural habitats are being decimated, the world is growing hotter, and scientists fear we are experiencing the sixth mass extinction event...

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