A few years ago, writer Bill McKibben and his wife agreed that their daughter, Sophie, would be their one and only child. He discusses this decision in his book, “Maybe One.” Mr. McKibben tells host Steve Curwood, population is the most important ecological issue of our day, yet one of the least discussed.
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