Young people value partnership and parenthood but barriers block their dreams

Published on July 7, 2026

Fertility rates are falling worldwide not because young people are rejecting marriage, children or family life but because many are facing economic and housing constraints. 

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Could hydropower hamper NYC’s building decarbonization law?

July 7, 2026
This story originally appeared in New York Focus , a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. When renewable energy credits hit the market as soon as next month, New York City building owners will for the first time be able to support a clean energy project…

Rebuilding resilience along the Wolastoq

July 7, 2026
A paid-media partnership with WWF-Canada. The Wolastoq, also known as the Saint John River, is a nearly 700-kilometre waterway that winds from Quebec and Maine to the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. It’s home to several species at risk: wood turtles nest by its shores, pygmy snaketail dragonflies buzz on the water’s surface, and wild Atlantic salmon swim upstream. It’s easy to see why its name mean